* Provides a synthesis of approaches to Sino-British encounters in eighteenth-century English literature, involving fictional writings pertaining to China, adaptations of Chinese works, and English translations of original Chinese literary texts.

* Has a strong interest in genre, and looks at a broad range of types of writing, such as poetry, drama, the novel, memoir, and critical essays.

* The author comes from a highly cross-cultural background and thus is able to evaluate the subject area of this book with genuine sentiments and insights based on real-life experience.

* The study situates the discussed texts in the context of the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between China and Britain in the eighteenth century