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Michael Wood "The making of our new world began in China just over 40 years ago" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Catalan Atlas from 1375

North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Chinese workers tend a tea plantation in a mid-19th-century lithograph. Importing leaves from China was expensive – until Scottish botanist Robert Fortune introduced the plants to India. (Photo by Getty Images)

Eastern promises: the long and troubled history of Britain’s relations with China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Chinese tank nears the city of Lang Son in Vietnam, 1979 and (right) Chinese and Vietnamese ministers meet for talks, 1991. Rana Mitter highlights the role of diplomacy in bringing war between Vietnam and China to an end.

Historians debate: how do intractable conflicts come to an end? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “We mustn’t overlook the toll of surfacing traumatic histories” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kublai Khan: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels along the Silk Road to Chin

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Q&A What was traded on the Silk Road?

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A 1971 propaganda poster extolling the power of China’s cultural revolution

The long history of Chinese intelligence-gathering . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Du Fu: China’s greatest poet . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Du Fu: China’s greatest poet . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Empress Wu Zetian The only woman to rule China

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Anti-Chinese prejudice: from gold rushes to exclusion laws . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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15 minutes of fame Rana Mitter chooses Tsiang Tingfu . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tsiang Ting-fu Chinese historian and diplomat . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.