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Brunei, 64, 91–2, 97, 99, 110, 178, 193,
212, 214, 218, 239
embassies to China, 91, 97
Buddha, 60
Buddhism, 32, 36, 38–9, 40, 44, 50, 60,
69, 71, 188
Buddhist kingdoms, 35, 38, 102
Buddhist monks, 26
Buddhist pilgrims 38, 39
Buddhist worldview, 35, 36, 50, 69–70
Burma, 3, 6, 26, 27, 36, 40, 47, 52, 54,
55, 56, 57, 60–1, 65, 67, 69, 71, 80,
102, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122,
124, 129, 133, 134, 140, 142, 143,
144, 146, 153, 159, 151, 169, 171,
172, 174, 185, 188, 212–13, 214,
222, 228, 231, 234, 236, 238, 241
Chinese in, 126, 133
embassies to, 61, 103, 110, 113, 119,
159
relations with China, 3, 6, 52, 60–1,
66, 67, 80, 110, 113, 122, 150,
159–60, 172–3, 177, 185, 188–9,
212–13, 222, 228, 234, 237
See alsoRangoon
Burma Road, 133, 134

Calicut, 84
Cambodia, 3, 4, 27, 29, 41, 47, 50, 64,
67, 69, 92, 93, 102, 104, 120, 146,
152, 158, 165, 167, 168, 169, 173,
182, 186, 188, 192, 194, 198, 199,
200, 201–9, 214, 216, 234
Chinese in, 98, 126, 135
embassies to China, 49, 62, 74, 76,
77, 97, 103, 111
relations with PRC, 173–9, 185, 188,
189–90, 201–9, 236
See alsoAngkor, kingdom of;
Kampuchea, People’s Republic of;
Phnom Penh
Canton, 26, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 52, 59,
61, 75, 98, 101, 116, 117, 126, 135, 136
‘Canton system’, 117. See alsotreaty ports

Central Asia, 27, 36, 38, 40, 54, 80, 96,

111, 225, 228

‘century of shame/humiliation’, 155, 187,

228

Chakkrapat, king of Ayutthaya, 102

chakravartin(universal ruler), 32, 102

Champa, 36, 41, 44, 47, 50, 56, 61, 62,

64, 67, 75, 81, 90, 92, 93, 97, 99, 103,

110

embassies to China, 49, 74, 93, 97, 103

Changan, 40

Chao Phraya River, 30

Cheli, 80

Chen Zuyi, Chinese pirate, 88

Chiang Hung, 65

Chiang Kaishek, president of ROC, 130,

139, 140, 141, 150

Chiang Mai, 65, 102

Chiang Saen, 65

China, passim

economic power of, 3, 4, 6, 32, 33,

114, 154, 175, 195, 223, 229, 230, 242

defence stategy of, 228

foreign policy of, 2, 78, 79, 98, 130,

154, 157, 175, 177, 183, 185, 186–7,

189, 199, 221, 223–4, 228, 229, 230,

232–4

foreign relations, moralism in, 11–12,

17, 49, 78, 61, 94, 96, 103, 128, 156,

157, 191, 201, 236, 244

grand strategy of, 231–9

great power ambitions of, 3, 142, 155,

221–3, 224, 225, 229, 230, 237, 243,

245

historical expansion of, 19–21, 46,

52, 56, 66, 78, 96, 108, 129, 222, 226,

227, 242, 244

military power of, 3, 6, 32, 57, 67, 75,

80, 159, 181, 195, 201, 202, 203–4,

213, 220, 221, 223, 225, 228, 229,

230, 231, 232, 242

nationality laws of, Qing (1909), 124,

127, 139, 163; ROC (1929), 131, 139,

163; PRC (1980), 163, 171, 173, 211

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