American Studies of Wang Jingwei: Defining Nationalism
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2004-10
Authors
Chen, Jian-Yue
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Wang Jingwei, “veteran revolutionary leader, [and] champion of republicanism, democracy, and national independence,” has remained one of the most controversial figures in the history of republican China because he ended up as the head of the Chinese collaborationist government during World War II.1 Ever since both the Communist and Nationalist governments have condemned Wang as a national traitor (hanjian) as both claim to solely represent the nation. Chinese scholars who have written along the “party lines” have downplayed, if not totally omitted or twisted, Wang’s earlier contributions to modern China.2 Little wonder that Wang has been among the very few Guomindang leaders “still hovering in historical obscurity.”
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American studies, Jingwei, Wang, China, History, Chinese tradition, Nationalism
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Chen, J. Y. (2004). American studies of Wang Jingwei: Defining nationalism. World History Review, 2(1), pp. 2-34.