Book review: Foreign banks and global finance in modern China:banking on the Chinese frontier, 1870-1919 by Ghassan Moazzin

In Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks facilitated China’s integration into the first global economy, focusing particularly on the commercial activities of Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. Grounded in detailed research, this history will be valuable for all those interested in engaging with China’s economic development, writes George Hong Jiang. Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919. Ghassan Moazzin. Cambridge University Press. 2022.