Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One What was Sinology? -- China As Career -- The Research of Bernhard Karlgren -- Inflating China -- Race and Empire -- Sex, Power and Karlgren's Alter Ego -- Striking at Mediocrity -- The Backbone of the Ruling Class -- Language and Power -- Sinophilia -- Chapter Two Archaeology and the Western Origin of China -- The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities -- Johan "China Gunnar" Andersson -- Unearthing a Chinese Stone Age -- The Mandarin Archaeologist -- The Great Urn Traffic in Lanzhou -- The Archaeologist As Official of the Chinese Empire -- Orientalism in China -- Chapter Three The Swedish Chinese Expedition -- Sven Hedin under Attack in Beijing -- The Despot of Xinjiang -- Meeting Chiang Kai-shek -- Islamophobia Along the New Silk Road -- Chapter Four Empire and Ethnography -- The Plundering of Mongolian Culture -- The Golden Temple -- Chapter Five The Karlbeck Syndicate -- A Swedish Crown Prince in the Forbidden Palace -- Railway Constructor and Amateur Collector -- Collecting As Entrée to the Upper Class -- Secretly Collecting for Western Museums -- Treasure Seeker in China -- China's Cultural History under Threat -- Back in Stockholm -- Chapter Six Distorting History -- The Peking Man Discovery -- Chapter Seven Osvald Sirén's Spiritual Far East -- Snubbed by Feng Yuxiang, Received by the Emperor -- Starting a New Life in Paris -- Smuggling via Diplomatic Pouch -- Modern Buddhism, Fascist Scholars, Chinese Art -- Old Times and New -- Chapter Eight Swedish Maoism -- Political Pilgrims -- The Communist League Marxist-Leninists (KFML) -- The Swedish-Chinese Friendship Association -- Sinology Hijacked -- Using foreigners' Strength to Propagandize for China -- China's Financial Support -- Utopia -- Occidentalism -- Chapter Nine Report from a Chinese Village -- Another Career in China.

China's Friend -- Chairman Jan Myrdal -- Chapter Ten Anti-Imperialism? -- Revisiting the Silk Road -- Myrdal avec Hedin -- "O My Friends, There is No Friend" -- Saluting the Yellow Emperor -- Sinophilia: A Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Saluting the Yellow Emperor tells the fascinating story of a group of Swedish scholars who rediscovered the pronunciation of the Chinese classics, buried Silk Road cities, and a Chinese Stone Age, while spiriting antiquities out of Asia.

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