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245 | 0 | _aLords of the rim | |
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_aLondon: _bTransworld Publishers Ltd., _c1996 |
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520 | 3 | _aExamines the economic power of expatriate Chinese communities throughout the world. Part 1, comprising the first third of the book, provides some social history of China noting in particular the contempt in which Emperors generally held merchants and the extent of treachery and tyranny. Part 2 describes different aspects of the overseas Chinese since 1500 AD. | |
650 | _aASIA | ||
650 | _aCHINA | ||
650 | _aCHINESE PEOPLE | ||
650 | _aECONOMY | ||
650 | _aEXPATRIATE CHINESE | ||
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