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The 1517 Portuguese embassy was the first modern diplomatic contact between China and the West. Strikingly, it ended in rejection and war. The introduction begins with the traditional story of the embassy and the scholarly explanations for why it failed. Next, the introduction puts forward this book’s goal of offering a new explanation, using a more global approach. Finally, this chapter gives a brief literature review, and closes with a chapter outline.

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年

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  • James Masaki Fujitani

摘要

The 1517 Portuguese embassy was the first modern diplomatic contact between China and the West. Strikingly, it ended in rejection and war. The introduction begins with the traditional story of the embassy and the scholarly explanations for why it failed. Next, the introduction puts forward this book’s goal of offering a new explanation, using a more global approach. Finally, this chapter gives a brief literature review, and closes with a chapter outline.