Rediscovering Modern China
by Ma Yong
About This Novel
The Chinese political elite used the series of defeats after the Opium War to weave a set of "national narratives" and "historical constructions" that suffered from foreign exploitation and bullying. However, in the context of China's economic rise, the continued strengthening of the "tragic narrative" is isolating China from the world environment. Ma Yong reshapes China's modern history from the perspective of modernization. On the one hand, he re-evaluates the merits and demerits of foreign capital in modern China, and clarifies the path and objective effects of the world's entry into China. On the other hand, he analyzes the difficult process of China's entry into the world under the impact of modernization.
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