World History and National Identity in China: The Twentieth Century By Xin Fan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xiii + 251 pp. £75.00 (cloth)

IF 0.6 0 ASIAN STUDIES Journal of Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI:10.1017/jch.2021.26
P. Zarrow
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Korea fail? (Perhaps the concept of sovereignty was only tangential.) And what of pan-Asianism in the larger discourse of sovereignty? At times, Carrai seems to accept that modern international law is amoral, or at least less moral than premodern cosmologies, but this is a position that needs better grounding. This work, erudite though it is, also suffers from some odd declarations. For example, “the emperor was in charge of both Heavenly and earthly affairs” (36). It is basically misleading to consider Kang Youwei a Darwinist (99). “The idea of self-determination drove the 1919 Paris Peace Conference after the First World War” (112). “Over the past thirty years, sovereignty, the principle of noninterference, and relations between state and individual have gradually transformed to favor individuals and their rights” (183)—maybe so, but I wonder. The title of Zhang Zhidong’s treatise should be translated as Exhortation to Learning (82). Some of the romanization is inaccurate; particularly annoying are repeated references to the “Sino-Meji War” for the First Sino-Japanese (Meiji) War, and it is unfortunate that Cambridge University Press did not use a better qualified copy-editor. Notwithstanding the quibbles above, this book should be read by historians, political scientists, and diplomats alike. Looking back over China’s century of pursuing national sovereignty, Carrai rightly warns us not to try to match Chinese concepts exactly onto Western ones and that indeed imperial conceptions remain relevant.
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《世界历史与中国的民族认同:20世纪》作者:辛凡剑桥:剑桥大学出版社,2021。13 + 251页:75英镑(布)
韩国失败了?(也许主权的概念只是无关紧要的。)那么,在更大的主权话语中,泛亚主义又如何呢?有时,Carrai似乎接受现代国际法是不道德的,或者至少不如前现代宇宙学道德,但这是一个需要更好基础的立场。这部作品虽然博学多才,但也有一些奇怪的声明。例如,“皇帝掌管天地事务”(36)。认为康有为是达尔文主义者基本上是一种误导。“第一次世界大战后,自决思想推动了1919年巴黎和会”(112)。“在过去的三十年里,主权、不干涉原则以及国家和个人之间的关系逐渐转变为有利于个人及其权利”(183)——也许是这样,但我想知道。张之洞论文的题目应译为《劝学》(82)。有些罗马拼音不准确;特别令人讨厌的是,在第一次中日(明治)战争中反复提到“中美战争”,不幸的是,剑桥大学出版社没有使用一位更合格的文案编辑。尽管有以上的争论,历史学家、政治学家和外交官都应该阅读这本书。回顾中国追求国家主权的世纪,Carrai正确地警告我们不要试图将中国的概念与西方的概念完全匹配,事实上,帝国主义的概念仍然存在。
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