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China–Sweden Relations
China–Sweden relations are the bilateral relations between :China and :Sweden. Sweden was the second Western country to establish official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, on 9 May 1950. History Sweden's and China's ties goes back to the 17th century. Sweden traded with China, and this was recorded by Nils Matsson Kiöping, who visited southern China on the '' Götheborg'' in 1654 and wrote accounts of his journeys to China upon his return to Sweden. The Swedish East India Company traded with China from 1731 to 1813. New research on 1913-1917 post-Qing relations claim that the head of the Swedish Geological Survey, Johan Gunnar Andersson's work was part of Sweden's ‘extractive vision’ which dealt with aiding exploitative interests of Swedish industrial and foreign-policy actors by seeking to secure, for Sweden, a quasi-colonial presence in Republican China, centering on large-scale extraction of Chinese iron ore, profit-maximizing iron exports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land. With an area of nearly , it is the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by total land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, five autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, four direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and two semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |