THE HAN EMPIRE AT THE ORIGINE OF MODERN CHINESE DIPLOMACY
Accepted
25 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2013
Abstract
P.R.CHINA, ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE FIRST ECONOMIC WORLD POWER, SURPRISED EVERY ACADEMIC PREVISION DUE TO HER FAST AND DYNAMIC ASCENSSION, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE THE COMMUNIST REGIME, THE POLITICAL ELITE FROM BEIJING COORDINATED ALL D IPLOMATIC MEANS IN ORDER TO PRESENT THE CHINESE STATE AS BEING EQUAL WITH THE WESTERN STATES IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT. CULTURAL DIPLOMACY LIKE PANDA DIPLOMACY AND VERY CHEAP PRODUCTS AS AN ECONOMIC WORLD WIDE POLICY ARE ONLY A FEW PRACTICAL DEFINITIONS OF T HE NOWADAYS CHINESE DIPLOMACY. BUT, THE REALITY OF TODAY IS JUST A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIACRONIC MILLENAIRE HISTORY LIVED BY THE CHINESE STATE DURING 22 ROYAL DYNSTIES. THE HAN EMPIRE, FAR FROM BEING JUST A WELL -KNOWN PERIOD, IS CONSIDERED TO BE A REFEERENCE MOMENT FOR THE LATER MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.
Keywords
China
diplomacy
Han Empire
ceremony
war.
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