Scholar's latest book investigates the influence of the unique individuals acting as cultural mediators on the outcome of the Macartney Embassy, the first British diplomatic mission to China in the 1700s.
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Like most pilgrimage sites in China, the shrine in the village of Cave Gulley in Shanxi province is located partway up a mountain, reachable by steep stairs that are meant to shift worshipers’ attention from the world below to heaven above. Thousands make the journey each year, ending up in a structure of red columns, glazed tiles, and friezes of swirling Chinese dragons.