Canton and Nagasaki compared, the beginning and the end of Dutch, Chinese and Japanese relations

Abstract

Article on the 2nd international conference on 'Canton and Nagasaki compared', examining the beginning and the end of Dutch, Chinese and Japanese relations, 29 November-4 December 2009.

Impression of all given papers clustered round ten central themes as

- The beginning of the system

- Gvernment and trade - Links between Canton and Nagasaki - Trade and institutions - Merchants and people at port cities - The end of the system - Export of arts - Towards modernity - Views from the west - Challenges to the system