[The China Project] Reexamining Portugal’s 16th-century diplomatic failure in China[The China Project] Reexamining Portugal’s 16th-century diplomatic failure in China
[The China Project] Reexamining Portugal’s 16th-century diplomatic failure in China
In 1517, Portuguese arrived in China on the first formal diplomatic mission to the country in nearly 200 years. The mission failed — but perhaps for unexpected reasons.