The history of the relations between the Low Countries and China in the Qing era (1644-1911)

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Contents

Introduction / W. F. Vande Walle -- I. Some lesser known contributions of Ferdinand Verbiest -- Verbiest, Spathar and Chrysanthos : the spread of Verbiest's science to Eastern Europe / E. Nicolaidis -- An evaluation of F. Verbiest's account of his journey to Manchuria in 1682, its errors and problems / T. Pang -- II. Antoine Thomas and the Society of Jesus in China -- Antoine Thomas's and George David's maps of Asia / E. Lo Sardo -- The role of Antoine Thomas, SJ, (1644-1709) in determining the terrestrial meridian line in eighteenth-century China / J. W. Witek -- Antoine Thomas, SJ, and his mathematical activities in China : a preliminary research through Chinese sources / Han Qi -- Thomas and Tournon -- mission and money / Cl. von Collani -- Francois Noel, SJ, and the Chinese rites controversy / P. Rule -- Deux Lazaristes, originaires de la region de Chimay, emissaire de Louis XVI a la cour imperiale de Pekin : 1785-1812 / M.-J. Ghislain -- III. Dutch Qing connections -- Missionaries, the low countries and their dependencies, as described in Xie Sui's Manchu "pictures of tribute-bearers" / G. Stary -- Qing dynasty China in seventeenth-century Dutch literature : 1644-1700 / E. Van Kley -- The Dutch foundations of the Gutzlaff Mission in China : 1823-1851 / J. G. Lutz and R. G. Lutz -- Missionary relations between the Dutch East Indies and China : 1807-1942 / K. Steenbrink -- Shandong missions and the Dutch connection : 1860-1919 / R. G. Tiedemann -- IV. Scheut in China -- The spread of the CICM mission in the apostolic vicariate of central Mongolia (1865-1911) : a general overview / S. Lievens -- "The most unfruitful mission in the world." : CICM Fathers Frans and Jozef Hoogers in Xinjiang : 1895-1922 / B. Gorissen -- Virgins in Central Mongolia / R. Renson -- The religious case of Fengzhen district : reclamation and missionary activities in Caqar during the Late Qing dynasty / P. Taveirne -- V. Belgium and Chinese modernization -- Belgian treaties with China and Japan under King Leopold I / W. F. Vande Walle -- Sino-Belgian relations during the reign of Leopold II : a brief historical account based on Chinese documents / Lin Jinshui -- The Beijing-Hankou railroad and commercial development in North China, 1905-1937 : a case study of the impact of Belgian investment in China / Chang Jui-te -- Les etudiants chinois en Belgique de 1900 a 1940 / Cl. Soetens.