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Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor.
Charles Toogood Downing went to China for two years in the 1830s, where he practised his profession as a surgeon amongst both the Chinese and non-Chinese, gaining an unparalleled insight into the personal and professional dealings of both populations. Peter C. Perdue is Professor of History at Yale University, USA. His books include China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. His research focuses on Chinese frontiers, Chinese environmental history, and the history of tea.