John E. Wills Jr.
An expert on China's history, politics and relationship to the West
Emeritus professor of History
Contact at: jwills@usc.edu
Expertise:
- the history of China
- the history of Chinese politics and political culture
- relations between China and the West
- the history of maritime Asia
- world history
- Author of Pepper, Guns and Parleys: The Dutch East India Company and China, 1662-1681 (1974), Embassies and Illusions: Dutch and Portuguese Envoys to K'ang-Hsi, 1666-1687 (1984), Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History (1994) and 1688: A Global History (2001)
Co-editor of From Ming to Ch'ing: Conquest, Region and Continuity in 17th-Century China (1979)
Foreign Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, German, French and Portuguese
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