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SUMMARY:This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784–1911
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/this-world-in-a-teacup-credit-taste-and-power-in-the-u-s-china-tea-trade-1784-1911/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260918T100000
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CREATED:20260831T062727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T063435Z
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SUMMARY:Rebranding Cheapness for Colonial Consumption:  A Case Study of British Malaya’s Canned Pineapple Industry in the Early 20th Century
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/rebranding-cheapness-for-colonial-consumption-a-case-study-of-british-malayas-canned-pineapple-industry-in-the-early-20th-century/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260515T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260515T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260420T023417Z
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SUMMARY:Mule Carts in Beijing: Knowledge and Ignorance in Transportation Planning in the 1950s
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/mule-carts-in-beijing-knowledge-and-ignorance-in-transportation-planning-in-the-1950s/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260313T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260313T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260224T164300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102823Z
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SUMMARY:American Dreams of Chinese Businessmen: U.S. Capital and China’s post-war Economic Reconstruction (1944-1949)
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/american-dreams-of-chinese-businessmen-u-s-capital-and-chinas-post-war-economic-reconstruction-1944-1949/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260206T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260206T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260210T005325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102822Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Global Connectivity through Grassroots Mobility: The Reorganization of Techno-Social Networks among the Upper Yangzi Shipping Groups\, 1850-1937
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/understanding-global-connectivity-through-grassroots-mobility-the-reorganization-of-techno-social-networks-among-the-upper-yangzi-shipping-groups-1850-1937/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251205T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260228T090102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102823Z
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SUMMARY:DuPont’s Departure: An Early Case of U.S.-China Decoupling\, 1946-1951
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/duponts-departure-an-early-case-of-u-s-china-decoupling-1946-1951/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260228T122548Z
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SUMMARY:Sideline or Factory: Locating Socialist Flexibility in Export Lacemaking Industries
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/sideline-or-factory-locating-socialist-flexibility-in-export-lacemaking-industries/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251024T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251024T220000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260228T124826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102824Z
UID:97987-1761296400-1761343200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:From Importer to the Technological Frontier: China’s Automobile Industry
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/from-importer-to-the-technological-frontier-chinas-automobile-industry/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20260228T135505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102824Z
UID:98021-1758877200-1758880800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism\, Chinese Labor\, and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-workers-of-the-world-colonialism-chinese-labor-and-the-yunnan-indochina-railway/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250321T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250321T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20250225T180221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102822Z
UID:91562-1742547600-1742551200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Counterparty to Chinese Business: The Upper Yangtze Steam Navigation Scheme and the Opening of Chungking
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-counterparty-to-chinese-business-the-upper-yangtze-steam-navigation-scheme-and-the-opening-of-chungking/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250214T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250214T220000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20250127T190301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102822Z
UID:91339-1739566800-1739570400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Brokering Capitalism in Maoist China
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/brokering-capitalism-in-maoist-china/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241206T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241206T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20241119T004643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102821Z
UID:90852-1733475600-1733479200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/making-maos-steelworks-industrial-manchuria-and-the-transnational-origins-of-chinese-socialism/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241108T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241108T220000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20241024T205736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102820Z
UID:89943-1731099600-1731103200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Madmen in Shanghai: A Social History of Advertising in Modern China (1914–1956)
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/madmen-in-shanghai-a-social-history-of-advertising-in-modern-china-1914-1956/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241011T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241011T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20241027T194104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102821Z
UID:90300-1728637200-1728640800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Chinese Businessmen and the Economic Roots of the Cold War Order\, 1938-1955
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chinese-businessmen-and-the-economic-roots-of-the-cold-war-order-1938-1955/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240920T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240920T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20241027T180236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102821Z
UID:90255-1726822800-1726826400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The China Firm: American Elites and the Making of British Colonial Society
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-china-firm-american-elites-and-the-making-of-british-colonial-society/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240517T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240517T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240602T214935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103221Z
UID:81565-1715936400-1715940000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Business History without Business: Making Sense of China’s pre-1949 Cattle Trade
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/business-history-without-business-making-sense-of-chinas-pre-1949-cattle-trade/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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CREATED:20240415T060241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103218Z
UID:77048-1714726800-1714730400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Transnational Networks of Human Resources and Knowledge in East Asia: A Case Study of Taiwan Merchant Wang Xuenong (1870–1915) and His Trading Company
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/transnational-networks-of-human-resources-and-knowledge-in-east-asia-a-case-study-of-taiwan-merchant-wang-xuenong-1870-1915-and-his-trading-company/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240426T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240426T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240602T222153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103222Z
UID:81600-1714122000-1714125600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Tales from a Small North China Commercial Town
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/tales-from-a-small-north-china-commercial-town/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240315T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240315T180000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240603T002625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103225Z
UID:81736-1710522000-1710525600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Making of China’s Post Office: Sovereignty\, Modernization\, and the Connection of a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-making-of-chinas-post-office-sovereignty-modernization-and-the-connection-of-a-nation/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231124T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231124T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240610T231511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103232Z
UID:83235-1700816400-1700820000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Forgotten Pioneer: The On Tai Insurance Company Limited of Hong Kong (1877-1900)
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/forgotten-pioneer-the-on-tai-insurance-company-limited-of-hong-kong-1877-1900/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231117T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231117T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240610T232503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103233Z
UID:83255-1700211600-1700215200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:New Perspectives on the Qing: Using Popular Sources\, Data Analysis\, and Accounting to Reconstruct Traditional Economic Practices
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/new-perspectives-on-the-qing-using-popular-sources-data-analysis-and-accounting-to-reconstruct-traditional-economic-practices/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230922T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230922T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240611T175409Z
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SUMMARY:The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China's Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-collapse-of-nationalist-china-how-chiang-kai-shek-lost-chinas-civil-war/
LOCATION:Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230512T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230512T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240611T193246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103241Z
UID:83500-1683885600-1683885600@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Weaving a Bamboo Curtain: Managing Foreign Exchange in the early PRC\, 1949 – 1957
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/weaving-a-bamboo-curtain-managing-foreign-exchange-in-the-early-prc-1949-1957/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230421T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230421T200000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240611T223017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103243Z
UID:83586-1682103600-1682107200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:China Engineers\, Ltd.\, a Hybrid Company in Wartime China\, 1937 – 1945
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/china-engineers-ltd-a-hybrid-company-in-wartime-china-1937-1945/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230310T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230310T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240612T010418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103248Z
UID:83711-1678438800-1678442400@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Opium Business: A History of Crime and Capitalism in Maritime China
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-opium-business-a-history-of-crime-and-capitalism-in-maritime-china/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230120T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20230120T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240612T234825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103250Z
UID:83787-1674205200-1674208800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Engendered Enterprises: Women and Business in Modern China
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/engendered-enterprises-women-and-business-in-modern-china/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221202T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221202T100000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240613T183542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103252Z
UID:83865-1669971600-1669975200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Project Assemblages: Identity Realignment in the Construction Industry in China-Africa Encounters
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/project-assemblages-identity-realignment-in-the-construction-industry-in-china-africa-encounters/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221111T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221111T173000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240613T215638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103254Z
UID:83920-1668184200-1668187800@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Networks and the Management of Risk in the China Trade during the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/networks-and-the-management-of-risk-in-the-china-trade-during-the-eighteenth-and-early-nineteenth-centuries/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221007T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20221007T140000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240613T225301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103305Z
UID:83968-1665145800-1665151200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Silver Valley: The Merchant Society of Central Shanxi in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/silver-valley-the-merchant-society-of-central-shanxi-in-the-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220909T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20220909T140000
DTSTAMP:20261012T013341
CREATED:20240613T235343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T103306Z
UID:84004-1662726600-1662732000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:The Yudahua Business Group in China's Early Industrialization
DESCRIPTION:Table of Contents			\n										\n				\n					\n				\n			\n							\n		\n						\n				\n				\n		\n				\n				\n					Abstract				\n				\n				\n				\n									Popular history tells the story of how the tea boycott during the American Revolution caused a transition in American taste from tea to coffee\, making the young country a coffee-drinking nation. In truth\, Americans did not give up their tea so easily\, and the United States grew to be the second-largest importer of tea from China. Diverging from British black tea traditions\, U.S. consumers preferred green tea\, cultivated a particular taste for Oolong tea\, and invented the English Breakfast Tea brand to market Chinese black tea. This World in a Teacup is the first book to detail the American tea trade with China after the American Revolution through the early twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources and perspectives from both sides of the Pacific\, Dan Du offers new insights to help understand fundamental developments in U.S.-China relations within a global context. This World in a Teacup shows that\, rather than depending on hard-money transactions or a barter economy\, a sophisticated credit system buttressed American tea purchases in China: Credit instruments such as promissory notes\, bills of exchange\, and checks financed the transactions between Chinese and U.S. tea merchants\, crystallizing changing power dynamics in the global economy. This World in a Teacup explains how the circulation of these credit instruments challenged the conventional understanding of China’s economy as a primitive system and how the power structure of American\, British\, and Chinese tea trade in the credit economy reshaped American consumption patterns. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Speaker				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dan Du is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her PhD from the University of Georgia in 2017. Her research focuses on the business history of China and the United States\, tea consumption\, and credit instruments. Her first book\, This World in a Teacup: Credit\, Taste\, and Power in the U.S.-China Tea Trade\, 1784-1911\, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2026. Her research has been funded by multiple external research fellowships from such institutions as NEH\, Massachusetts Historical Society\, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History\, and Smithsonian National Museum of American History\, among others. She has also published articles in Early American Studies\, Modern World History Studies (in Chinese)\, and The Silk Roads: From Local Realities to Global Narratives. 								\n				\n				\n				\n					About the Webinar Series				\n				\n				\n				\n									This monthly webinar series features the newest research on the history of Chinese business and entrepreneurship. If you have any questions about this webinar series or would be interested in giving a talk\, please contact Professor John D. Wong  (jdwong@hku.hk) or Professor Ghassan Moazzin (gmoazzin@hku.hk).
URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-yudahua-business-group-in-chinas-early-industrialization/
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Webinar
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