500 years across the Indian Ocean and South China Sea
Global Beijing under the Great Ming
Picturing China in Persian along the silk routes
Trading with China in Malay along the spice routes
Europe's search for the Spice Islands
A Sino-Jesuit tradition of science and mapmaking
Porcelain across the Dutch Empire
Tea across the British Empire
China's eclipse and Japan's modernization
Epilogue : a new turn to the East.