After the global shock wave caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, "Le Figaro" explores the complex relationships in history between China, fascinating and source of fantasies, and the West. From Marco Polo's journey to the court of the Great Khan to the meeting between Mao and Nixon, including the opium war.
Slowly, the colorful troop progresses along the Great Wall, which winds its way over the steep green ridges north of Beijing. At its head, Lord George Macartney believes he has reached the goal of his long journey that began a year ago and which must change the face of the world. In the midst of the French Revolution, this great Irish aristocrat embarked in Portsmouth, aboard HMS Lion , leading an extraordinary flotilla under the orders of His gracious Majesty George III of England. For nine months, he sailed from Rio to the Cape of Good Hope, stopping at Batavia, Indonesia, before approaching the mysterious coasts of the Middle Kingdom. After long talks
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