[The China Project] The ‘Empress of China’ and the beginning of U.S.-China trade

<p>On a wintry day in 1784, a schooner docked in New York set sail for Guangzhou. This journey halfway around the globe would take half a year; it marked the beginning of the largest trading relationship that the world has ever known.</p><p><a href="https://thechinaproject.com/2023/02/22/the-empress-of-china-and-the-beginning-of-u-s-china-trade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to read the article by James Carter.</a></p><p>Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>