Xin Fan, "World History and National Identity in China: The Twentieth Century" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
New Books in Chinese Studies
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The Rise and Fall of the Pursuit of Intellectual Autonomy in China
The rise and fall of the pursuit of intellectual autonomy in Chinese history. Author argues that it is tied up to bigger changes in Chinese society. By 1910, especially 1916, China's education system gradually transformed into one so-called modern. They had this very clear goal that what they were doing was a scientific pursuit.
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