Page 41 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

Much yet to be discovered, in particular a true and unbiased understanding of The China
Trade itself; Americans have a very American-centric viewpoint, the British a very British-
centric viewpoint, while many Chinese either do not know too much about this period of
their history or they may have resentful feelings due to the way this history may have been
presented to them. While I do obviously have a slightly biased mindset, I can say that my
research findings clearly demonstrate this was such a culturally rich and diverse period of
Chinese history. Nobody really came out particularly victorious, but the fact Chinese Export
Silver exists is a living and tangible testament and legacy of over 150 very special years
of history - those years were founded upon a culture of thousands of years that in so many
ways outshone parallel Western cultures.