Oliver Lough
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Oliver Lough joined the New America Foundation as a researcher this fall following a year studying social sciences at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in China, during which time he also worked as sub-editor on a local city magazine. He holds a bachelors degree in Oriental Studies from Oxford University, where he focused on Chinese literature.

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China's Shopping List for Obama

Posted November 12, 2009 | 10:39:41 (EST)

At the end of the 18th century, Britain's first ambassador to China, Lord Macartney, arrived in Beijing to present a list of requests to the emperor Qianlong. His petition, it was hoped, would open China's vast and untapped market to the sale of British exports. The mission was not exactly...

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