Sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and The British Library, London.
A digital collection of English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980. It covers all aspects of "Chinese history during the two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval that ultimately recreated China into a modern power." It includes manuscripts "encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People's Republic," documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service, letters relating to the first Opium War, survivors descriptions of the Boxer War, and collected diaries and personal photographs of the Bowra family. "There are also significant sources describing the lives and work of missionaries in China from 1869-1970, including extensive and fully searchable runs of missionary periodicals: The Chinese Recorder, Light and Life Magazine, and The Land of Sinim: the North China Mission Quarterly Paper.
In addition, this resource includes "over 400 colour paintings, maps and drawings by English and Chinese artists, as well as countless photographs, sketches and ephemeral items, depicting Chinese people, places, customs and events."