This book covers basic concepts of international trade and local trade practices. It addresses the evolution of electronic commerce and financial technology,including the use of blockchain technology letter of credit and Internet of Things.
Written in real time during his ambitious trek, this book from 1911 documents British journalist Edwin J. Dingle's journey through China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces to Myanmar.
In 1901, journalist Francis H. Nichols traveled from New York to China's Shaanxi province to report on the famine there. This book from 1902 is the result of his experiences in Xian and surrounding areas, including Hebei and Shanxi provinces.
More than 600 years after Marco Polo traveled to the East, Clarence Dalrymple Bruce retraced the famous Venetian’s steps from Shimla in British India to Beijing, publishing this book about his experience in 1907.
Originally published in 1898, this book is a record of British army officer Francis Younghusband's adventures from Manchuria and Beijing to Xinjiang, and then through the Karakoram Mountains to British India.
This book provides insights from entrepreneurship experts, addressing diverse challenges and opportunities encountered in the startup process. It aims to help readers establish successful business models.
Originally published in 1900, this book and its numerous images by American photographer Eliza Ruhama Scidmore provide an excellent foundation for understanding the physical setting and political climate in 19th-century China.
Originally published in 1853, this book describes American Eliza J. Gillett Bridgman’s life as an educational missionary in China, both in Canton and Shanghai.
Originally published in 1918, this fictional account of life as a medical missionary in China is based on American Gulielma Fell Alsop’s personal experiences as a missionary and physician in Shanghai.
Originally published in 1905, this book is a sensational account of American artist Katharine A. Carl’s time with the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Chinese Court while painting her portrait for an exposition in St. Louis.
Part memoir and part geographical and historical account, this book from 1914 is a window into China through the eyes of Mary Gaunt, an Australian author best known for travel books and fiction writing.
This book from 1885 presents standalone accounts from European missionary women, Chinese missionary converts, and the author Adele M. Fielde, an American missionary and scientist, which together form a unique picture of China at the time.
This combination of translated Chinese documents, newspaper excerpts, and essays from other authors is a travelogue, memoir, and political commentary from 1899 by Mrs Archibald Little, a well-known British novelist and social campaigner.
