The Phony Reformer

Greed, Status, and Patronage in Late Qing China

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China
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Author: Luke S. K. Kwong ISBN: 9781538112410
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: June 15, 2018
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Luke S. K. Kwong
ISBN: 9781538112410
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: June 15, 2018
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

This engaging translation presents an authentic period document that reflects aspects of Chinese life and society as seen through contemporary eyes. Portraying a "phony" reformer who rode the tide of the Qing court's post-Boxer reform initiatives to career success and personal wealth, this satire conveys the author's hope for a new, improved China, one that could stand proudly alongside Western nations and Meiji Japan in the modern world. His vivid descriptions of various situations shed light on late Qing elite behavior and Sino-foreign relations capture the clash between tradition and modernity, the old and new, as educated Chinese stood at a cultural and political crossroads.

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This engaging translation presents an authentic period document that reflects aspects of Chinese life and society as seen through contemporary eyes. Portraying a "phony" reformer who rode the tide of the Qing court's post-Boxer reform initiatives to career success and personal wealth, this satire conveys the author's hope for a new, improved China, one that could stand proudly alongside Western nations and Meiji Japan in the modern world. His vivid descriptions of various situations shed light on late Qing elite behavior and Sino-foreign relations capture the clash between tradition and modernity, the old and new, as educated Chinese stood at a cultural and political crossroads.

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