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The 400-Year-Old, Million-Dollar Map That Put China at the Center of the World

In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big task for his scholars: a map that would depict the entire world. The ...
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Edward Wong's 'At the Edge of Empire' Explores How China Defined Itself ...

The subtitle of At the Edge of Empire is a glimmer of its great heart: A Family’s Reckoning with China. The book — which comes out today in the US — follows the author Edward Wong, an ...