Sino-Malay trade and diplomacy from the tenth through the fourteenth century [[electronic resource] /] / Derek Heng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457007303321
• Autore: Heng Derek Thiam Soon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-89680-475-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Collana: Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 121
• Disciplina: 382.0951/0595
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; China Commerce Malacca, Strait of; Malacca, Strait of Commerce China; China Economic conditions To 1644; Malacca, Strait of Economic conditions; Malay Peninsula Economic conditions; China Relations Malacca, Strait of; Malacca, Strait of Relations China; China Relations Malay Peninsula; Malay Peninsula Relations China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Sino-Malay interaction in the first millennium AD -- China's economic relations with maritime Asia in the Song and Yuan periods -- The Malay region's diplomatic and economic interactions with China -- Malay and Chinese foreign representation and commercial practices abroad -- China as a source of manufactured products for the Malay region -- China's evolving trade in Malay products -- Appendix A: Chinese imports to the Malay region, tenth through fourteenth century -- Appendix B: Ceramics data from the Temasik-period sites, Singapore -- Appendix C: Malay imports to China, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
• Sommario/riassunto: China has been an important player in the international economy for two thousand years and has historically exerted enormous influence over the development and nature of political and economic affairs in ; the regions beyond its borders, especially its neighbors. Sino-Malay Trade and Diplomacy from the Tenth through the Fourteenth Century examines how changes in foreign policy and economic perspectives of the Chinese court affected diplomatic intercourse as well as the fundamental nature of economic interaction between China and the Malay region, a subregion of Southeast Asi