Great Power China and the Whole World

In the book "Great Power China and the Whole World," the author tells thirteen different stories about the Chinese and those foreigners who significantly influenced the country's place in the world. Brook begins in the century of the ruler Kublai, who subjugated China to the Mongol Empire, and narrates across seven centuries, telling about Marco Polo and the Mongolian princess, about the plague that raged in the Middle East and Europe and struck China, about the "Chinese Christopher Columbus" - the imperial eunuch Zheng He, about horse trading, geographical maps, missionaries, pirates, and of course, about the development of China’s relations with the rest of the world. Canadian Timothy Brook sincerely believes and convinces the reader that neither China can exist separately from the rest of the world, nor the world - without China.