{"id":11419,"date":"2026-08-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/?p=11419"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:47:01","slug":"trial-database-warfare-in-china-1839-1945-british-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/2026\/08\/21\/trial-database-warfare-in-china-1839-1945-british-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0[Trial Database]\u00a0Warfare in China, 1839\u20131945: British Perspectives\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Library is pleased to offer trial access to Warfare in China, 1839\u20131945: British Perspectives<\/em><\/strong>, a valuable primary source collection featuring rare historical documents from The National Archives, London<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore British perspectives on major conflicts in modern Chinese history, including the Opium Wars<\/strong>, Taiping Rebellion<\/strong>, Boxer Rebellion<\/strong>, Chinese Civil War<\/strong>, Shanghai Crisis<\/strong>, and Second Sino-Japanese War<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights include:<\/strong>
\u2022 Thousands of historical documents across nearly\u00a0120,000 digitised images<\/strong>
\u2022 Correspondence, reports, diaries, newspaper extracts, photographs, maps, and more
\u2022 OCR-enabled full-text search and extensive indexing
\u2022 Academic introduction, timeline, further reading list, and maps
\u2022 Citation export and PDF print\/download functions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Trial period:<\/strong>\u00a0Until\u00a015 September 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0View details:<\/strong>
https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/SubjectsPlus\/subjects\/databases.php?letter=bytype&type=Trial_Database<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access the database:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/4630cpB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A valuable resource for History, China Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Studies, and Military History<\/strong> research. Explore it now and share your feedback with the Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Library is pleased to offer trial access to Warfare in China, 1839\u20131945: British Perspectives, a valuable primary source collection featuring rare historical documents from The National Archives, London. Explore British perspectives on major conflicts in modern Chinese history, including the Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, Chinese Civil War, Shanghai Crisis, and Second Sino-Japanese War. Highlights include:\u2022 Thousands of historical documents across … Continue reading ”\u00a0[Trial Database]\u00a0Warfare in China, 1839\u20131945: British Perspectives\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11421,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11419\/revisions\/11421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.hksyu.edu\/lib\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}