In spite of its glorious long history, China, at the start of the twentieth century faced a major crisis. Its economy was stagnant, foreign powers had usurped its territory, and internal rebellions threatened its stability. Among the Chinese elites there were many competing ideas and as many courses of action on how to survive as a sovereign nation and change its path in history. This is the story of Wang Boqun, and his younger brother, Wang Dilun, in their quest for a republican China; it is about their journey from a relatively lesser warlord family in one of the poorest provinces at the...
In spite of its glorious long history, China, at the start of the twentieth century faced a major crisis. Its economy was stagnant, foreign powers had...
