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  2. Tributary system of China - Wikipedia

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    The tributary system of China (simplified Chinese: 中华朝贡体系, traditional Chinese: 中華朝貢體系, pinyin: Zhōnghuá cháogòng tǐxì), or Cefeng system (simplified Chinese: 册封体制; traditional Chinese: 冊封體制; pinyin: Cèfēng tǐzhì) at its height was a network of loose international relations centered around China ...

  3. List of tributary states of China - Wikipedia

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    In the 5th century, a status hierarchy was an explicit element of the tributary system in which Korea and Vietnam were ranked higher than others, including Japan, the Ryukyus, Siam and others. [2] All diplomatic and trade missions were construed in the context of a tributary relationship with China, [3] including:

  4. Tributary state - Wikipedia

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    A formalised tribute system developed in East Asia with many neighbouring East, Central, and Southeast Asian countries and regions becoming tributary states of various Chinese dynasties. [2] [3] Historically, the Emperor of China saw himself as the emperor of the entire civilised world. It was not possible for such an emperor to have equal ...

  5. Suzerainty - Wikipedia

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    The tributary system of China or Cefeng system was a network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia. It involved multiple relationships of trade, military force, diplomacy and ritual.

  6. Ming treasure voyages - Wikipedia

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    Ming China had cordial relations with Calicut, which was valuable as they tried to extend the tributary system to the states around the Indian Ocean. [215] Ma described Calicut as the "great country of the Western Ocean" and had a positive response to the Calicut authorities' regulation of trade and attention to weights and measurements.

  7. Tribute - Wikipedia

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    Some tributaries of imperial China encompasses suzerain kingdoms from China in East Asia has been prepared. [23] Before the 20th century, the geopolitics of East and Southeast Asia were influenced by the Chinese tributary system. This assured them their sovereignty and the system assured China the incoming of certain valuable assets.

  8. List of diplomatic missions of the Qing dynasty - Wikipedia

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    While the Qing dynasty of China tried to maintain the traditional tributary system of China, by the 19th century Qing China had become part of a European-style community of sovereign states [1] and had established official diplomatic relations with more than twenty countries around the world before its downfall, and since the 1870s it established legations and consulates known as the "Chinese ...

  9. Government of China - Wikipedia

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    As China's political system has no separation of powers, there is only one branch of government which is represented by the legislature. The CCP through the NPC enacts unified leadership, which requires that all state organs, from the Supreme People's Court to the president of China , are elected by, answerable to, and have no separate powers ...