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Oceanus Resartus; or, Is Chinese Maritime History Coming of Age?
- Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 7, Number 1, May 2018
- pp. 9-29
- 10.1353/ach.2018.0001
- Article
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ABSTRACT:
Perhaps the most salient feature of the transformation of China's economic policy is its tack into the oceanic sphere. This is a break with the country's traditional past as an inland-looking, continental power: the landscape is now complemented by the seascape. This article suggests that China's new relationship with the sea asks for a master plan for reclaiming a neglected maritime past—the invention of a national maritime tradition, a newly tailored past to explain China's former relationship with the sea.