Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi
3. CONTENTS vii
4. Maps xii
5. A PRELIMINARY FRAMEWORK 1
6. HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE CHINESE WORLD ORDER 20
7. EARLY MING RELATIONS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA: A BACKGROUND ESSAY 34
8. THE CH’ING TRIBUTE SYSTEM: AN INTERPRETIVE ESSAY 63
9. SINO-KOREAN TRIBUTARY RELATIONS IN THE CH’ING PERIOD 90
10. THE RYUKYU (LIU-CH’IU) ISLANDS AS A FIEF OF SATSUMA 112
11. INVESTITURE OF LIUCH’IU KINGS IN THE CH’ING PERIOD 135
12. INTERVENTION VERSUS TRIBUTE IN SINO-VIETNAMESE RELATIONS, 1788-1790 165
13. CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH INNER ASIA: THE HSIUNG-NU, TIBET 180
14. THE ORIGINS OF THE MANCHUS' MONGOLIAN POLICY 198
15. CHINA AND CENTRAL ASIA, 1368-1884 206
16. CH’ING RELATIONS WITH THE DUTCH, 1662-1690 225
17. TUE EARLY TREATY SYSTEM IN THE CHINESE WORLD ORDER 257
18. THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF WORLD ORDER, PAST AND PRESENT 276
19. NOTES 291
20. GLOSSARY 383
21. INDEX 391