One morning in February 1784, a converted privateer called the Empress of China sailed out of New York harbour. It was bound for a country almost no one aboard had ever seen – China, then ruled by the Qing dynasty. Six months later, it dropped anchor at Canton, the only port where the Qing gove...

Source: [SCMP](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3361843/how-americas-250-year-china-dream-became-its-greatest-strategic-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed)

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