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Hey everyone, Lausla Montgomery here. Welcome to the China History

podcast. Appreciate you all tuning in.

Today I wanted to zoom in on the birth of U.S. China Relations.

Not official diplomatic relations, but the time when these two nations first got together and

saw each other up close. Now this is gonna be a long episode about an hour I

didn't want to break this up into two parts, so without further ado, let's get down on it.

In a nutshell, the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.

Seven years later, on September 3rd, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed at Versailles that,

among other things, ended the Revolutionary War. And with that, like

was South Sudan in July 2011, there was a brand new country on the world map, the United States

of America, and just like any country must do when they become

independent, the U.S. had to go forth into the world and get the word out and introduce themselves.

Now over in the forbidden city in Beijing, the Ching Dynasty Imperial Court, had no clue what was going on.

When those who assembled at Independence Hall and July 4th 1776

were inking their names to the declaration, it was right about the halfway point in the Chenlong era. The dynasty and China was really peeking about now.

This was Imperial China's last hurrah. From here on out, especially after the passing

of Chenlong. It's going to be all downhill for the Ching dynasty.

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