The Great Wall
Subtitle: China Against the World, 1000 BC - AD 2000
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: February 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780802142979
Subjects: China - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Asia - China; Yoga; History / China; Yoga, Haòtha
First sentence: On 26 September 1792, King George III dispatched the first British trade mission to China, a 700-strong party that included diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, scientists, painters, a watchmaker, a gardener, five German musicians, two Neapolitan Chinese priests and a hot-air-balloon pilot.