Within these extensive rubrics, this edited collection further interrogates the nature of Asian polities and their historiography, the constitution of Chineseness, imperial China's southern expansions ...
Imperial food comprised the dietetic culture of the Chinese palaces and it is part of China’s valuable cultural heritage. Imperial foods often were improved dishes invented by the common people.
Adopting a thematic approach, she highlights the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural changes and continuities of the period often conceptualized as 'Middle Imperial China'.