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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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CREATED:20260831T062727Z
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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:20260625T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260625T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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SUMMARY:The End of the Silver Era: Silver Flow\, Banking and Monetary Changes\, Boom and Bust from the late Qing to the Chinese Republic
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-end-of-the-silver-era-silver-flow-banking-and-monetary-changes-boom-and-bust-from-the-late-qing-to-the-chinese-republic/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260627
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SUMMARY:Chinese Business History in The Two Deltas
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-business-history-in-the-two-deltas/
LOCATION:Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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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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CREATED:20260224T164300Z
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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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CREATED:20260210T005325Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251205T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251205T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20260228T090102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102823Z
UID:97911-1764925200-1764928800@ihss.hku.hk
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20260228T122548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102823Z
UID:97969-1762506000-1762509600@ihss.hku.hk
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:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20250821T163000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250821T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20250821T025150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T040832Z
UID:98056-1755793800-1755799200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Economic History of Asia as a Regional Entity: Past\, Present\, and Future
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/economic-history-of-asia-as-a-regional-entity-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:G01\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250824
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20250821T024034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T040842Z
UID:98040-1755734400-1755993599@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Enterprise and Economy 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/enterprise-and-economy-in-modern-china/
LOCATION:Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250321T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250321T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20241121T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241121T200000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20241024T202330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102944Z
UID:89907-1732212000-1732219200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Capitalism and Resilience
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/capitalism-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241108T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20241108T220000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20240927T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240927T173000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20241027T181703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102945Z
UID:90263-1727452800-1727458200@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:《近代企業的商道、商術與商法: 東京金港堂與上海商務印書館雜識 (1875–1930)》
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/%e3%80%8a%e8%bf%91%e4%bb%a3%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad%e7%9a%84%e5%95%86%e9%81%93%e3%80%81%e5%95%86%e8%a1%93%e8%88%87%e5%95%86%e6%b3%95-%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e9%87%91%e6%b8%af%e5%a0%82%e8%88%87%e4%b8%8a%e6%b5%b7/
LOCATION:大學展館 – B層演講廳（ E1 – B1002 ）\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240920T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240920T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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;VALUE=DATE:20240807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240810
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20240806T232747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T040944Z
UID:89963-1722988800-1723247999@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Chinese Business History Around the World
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-business-history-around-the-world/
LOCATION:Run Run Shaw Tower\, Centennial Campus\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240517T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240517T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240503T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240503T100000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20261101T191733
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:20231018T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231018T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20231017T170012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T060440Z
UID:83301-1697623200-1697652000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Innovating Chinese Business History
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/innovating-chinese-business-history/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231018T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231018T180000
DTSTAMP:20261101T191733
CREATED:20231017T165938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T061907Z
UID:83311-1697623200-1697652000@ihss.hku.hk
SUMMARY:Innovating Chinese Business History
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/innovating-chinese-business-history-2/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, May Hall\, The University of Hong Kong\, or Via Zoom\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Chinese Business History,Chinese Business History Conference
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