Bondage on Qing China's Northwestern Frontier by Newby, L

“…Here bondage did not discriminate between ethnic, racial or religious groups and fulfilled a wide range of social, economic, and political functions, reflecting both the region's geographical position at the edge of Central Asia and its political position -first as a dependency and then as a province of Qing China. This paper discusses the nature of the forms of bondage that emerged in this unique geopolitical setting and suggests that the emancipation of Xinjiang's 'British' slaves at the end of the nineteenth century and the gradual decline of bondage resulted from a convergence of local, regional, and global forces. …”

Fooling the eye: trompe l’oeil porcelain in High Qing China by Chih-en Chen

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The Evidence of the Dead Body. On Moral Consciousness and Legal Practice in the Qing China by Asia Sarakaeva

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Two Approaches to Augustine’s Theory of the Trinitarian Image in Ming and Qing China by Weichi Zhou, Yingying Zhang

“…This article examines both approaches and critiques of Augustine’s theory of the Trinitarian image in Ming and Qing China.…”
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Feminism in the vernacular : baihua writing, gender, and identity in late Qing China by Zhang, Yun

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["The Power of Interconnectivity: Tan Sitong's Invention of Historical Agency in Late Qing China"] by Hung-yok Ip

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The Hand of Law and the Body of Family. Family, Fear and the Court of Law in Qing China by Asia Alyevna Sarakaeva

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The Power of Interconnectivity: Tan Sitong's Invention of Historical Agency in Late Qing China by Hung-yok Ip

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The Treaty of Ghulja reconsidered: Imperial Russian diplomacy toward Qing China in 1851 by Akifumi Shioya

“…This work endeavors to analyze the negotiation process of the Treaty of Ghulja between the Russian Empire and Qing China in the summer of 1851. The treaty’s format and negotiation method largely followed the examples established by the original Kiakhta Treaty and its subsequent revisions. …”
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Impact of Western transmission of the Peking Gazette on Late-Qing China’s information security by Ling Chen, Lianjian Deng

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The ancestral hall and ancestor veneration narrative of a Huizhou lineage in Ming–Qing China by Yeqian Zhang

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Environment, technology and sustainability: the development and management of well-irrigation in Guanzhong Plain in Qing China by Gao Shengrong, Ding Xiaohui

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The evolution of commercial finance in Ming-Qing China: 16th to Early-20th Centuries by Kaixiang Peng, Liangping Shen

“…Objective/Context: This article surveys the evolution of commercial finance in Ming-Qing China and responds to the debates about the role of finance in the “Great Divergence” between China and Europe. …”
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Reshaping Abraham’s Image in Early Qing China: A Comparative Study of Catholic and Jewish Interpretations by Lixin Li, Aixia Ni

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Missionary’s Envision of Children in Late Qing China: Children’s Education and the Construction of Christian Discourse in Child’s Paper by Ziqi Huang, Haixia Zhao, Fan Yang

Subjects: “…missionaries in Late Qing China…”
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Global circulation of silver between Ming‐Qing China and the Americas: combining historical texts and scientific analyses by Sun, L, Yang, G, Liu, R, Pollard, AM, Tiequan, Z, Liu, C

“…This article argues that the scientific analyses of the silver bullion and coins of Ming‐Qing China and the Americas can offer a new source of information on this issue. …”

Liability without Suzerainty: Making Sense of Qing China’s Alarmism during the Korean Trespasser Crisis of 1862-75 by Sungoh Yoon

“…Nevertheless, when Qing China attempted to preemptively spare itself from another diplomatic issue, this time with Russia, by asking both the Chosŏn king and the Russian ambassador to cooperate in repatriating Korean residents in Primorsky Krai, Russia refused to acknowledge China’s tribute relationship with Korea as its “ticket” to intervene in the matter concerning Korean trespassers. …”
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Isolation and genetic characteristics of Novel H4N1 Avian Influenza viruses in ChongQing, China by Jinyue He, Jing Deng, Xianxian Wen, Mengyuan Yan, Yang Liu, Yunqiu Zhou, XuBin Du, Han Yang, Xiaobin Peng

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Chinese-British commercial conflicts in Shanghai and the collapse of the merchant-control system in late Qing China, 1860-1906 by Motono, E, Motono, Eiichi

Institutional mosaic of financial institutions in the late Qing China and synthesis of organizational forms: from piaohao and qianzhuang to the central bank by M. S. Kruglova

“…It is concluded that the banking industry of the late imperial period was a mosaic institutional fabric, combining both traditional and westernized elements and embedding clan ties traditional for China.Scientific novelty: the article is the first attempt in Russia to comprehensively examine the evolution of the banking system of late Qing China.Practical significance: the main conclusions of the article can be used in scientific and pedagogical activities in the study of economic history of traditional China, and may enrich the concepts of institutional economics concerning the limits and possibilities of institutional transformations.…”
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