The twentieth century has been a century of nationalism in China beginningwith the nationalist revolution of 1911. Drawing on the explosion of writingsabout nat... » 

The twentieth century has been a century of nationalism in China beginningwith the nationalist revolution of 1911. Drawing on the explosion of writingsabout nationalism in the Chinese speaking world this new book highlights themain themes of the Chinese nationalist tradition and shows how they are centralto the discourse of Chinese politics and foreign policy today.The study analyzes trends within Chinese nationalism explaining the principlesbehind contemporary debates as they have unfolded since the late 1980s.Presenting a number of perspectives including those of the state and dissent inmainland China as well as alternative views from Taiwan Hong Kong and theChinese diaspora Hughes sets current discussions within the context of thelong history of Chinese nationalism.One of the first systematic treatments of Chinese nationalism in the 1990s thebook provides conceptual insights allowing the reader to grasp the complexweave of Chinese nationalist sentiment today and implications for the future. «