Download or read book The Diplomacy of Imperial Retreat written by Edmund S. K. Fung and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronted by Chinese nationalism and the rise of the revolutionary movement in South China, Britain commenced a retreat motivated by political, commercial, and economic considerations and aimed at the protection of British interests without reliance on gunboat diplomacy. This book analyzes British policy-making, diplomatic, military, and commercial, against the background of civil strife and political instability in China, and, in the wider sphere, of greater international cooperation. In a closely argued study based on expansive use of British and Chinese sources, Fung presents a balanced picture of this important chapter in the history of Sino-British relations.