This book offers research on state and society in Republican China, exploring various aspects of Republican history from the governance perspective. Governance is understood in a broader sense as interactions between state and society, including both the discursive process of social decision-making and the provision of (non-)material public goods. The topics highlighted are: the internationalization of disaster relief, the philanthropic governance of overseas Chinese in Xiamen, the transformation of the cultural group "World Society," historical writing, intellectual autonomy, as well as the...

The PRC Constitution came into force in 1982, only a few years after the Cultural Revolution and the launching of the reforms. Since then, however, the PRC has changed significantly. Does this Constitution, though amended four times, still match the needs of China's society today? Where is Chinese constitutionalism heading? Are there any plans to improve and further institutionalize the implementation of the Constitution? How do Chinese legal experts discuss the future of their Constitution? This issue features papers presented during a conference on the Chinese Constitution in 2012 and more....

Sinology, the academic study of China, is in flux. What was once a colonial science is today being reshaped as a global discourse. New approaches are being explored. Traditional patterns that have often led to the exclusion of valuable knowledge are being challenged. This book seeks to foster a provocative debate, putting forward the motion that it is high time that Sinology was rediscovered as a more inclusive field of study. It also sheds light on issues that have remained marginalized for far too long-as blind spots, as non-topics, as forgotten narratives. ((Series: Chinese History and...

This issue of the journal Berliner China-Hefte / Chinese History and Society, themed 'Taiwan: Self vs. Other' brings together outstanding contributions from the 11th annual European Association of Taiwan (EATS) conference, which was held at the University of Portsmouth in 2014. The various papers included here examine how Taiwan perceives and projects itself to its domestic and international audiences by employing a wide variety of case studies. (Series: Chinese History and Society / Berliner China-Hefte, Vol. 47) Subject: ?Asian Studies, Sociology]