Jiang Qing

First, I want to examine the debate on regulating local currencies in late imperial China. Studying this intellectual debate can explain why the Qing government did not regulate local currencies. Second, I will review the decision making process of currency reform. The way the KMT thought about the local interests was critical to the central-provincial relations. Third, I want to know how the currency…

Peter Chen-main W, The Significance of State Sacrifice in Early Qing – An Examination of the Shunzhi Period. Harrassowitz Verlag Press, 2015 A. Peter Chen is a Professor of Graduate Institute of History National central university. His major is the history of Ming and Qing dynasty, Christianity in China and the relationship between China and USA. He was invited to many universities to do lectures such as visiting the Leiden University, European Chair of Chinese Studies (2001-2002); Visiting…

the ancient Han dynasty. The book shows that the relationship of market value, gold, and silver. In the Han dynasty, 500 gram gold could exchange 1500 gram silver. In the Song dynasty, 500 gram gold could exchange 6500 gram silver. Finally, in the Qing dynasty, 500 gram gold could exchange 15000 gram sliver. There are two possibilities reasons could cause this phenomenon. Firstly, based on technology limitation, the exploitation of gold is far…

beauty at the times. These are salient truths contributed to the enduring appeal and relevance of the practice in late imperial China. In my own opinion, I strongly agree with what Dorothy presents in the journal Footbinding exists in Ming to early Qing period “as an expression of Chinese wen civility, as a marker of ethnic boundaries separating Han from Manchu, and as an ornament or embellishment of the body”…

result, Europeans became dominative group and bold to do anything such as commit crime in China. The European domination emerged not only because of China losing its political independence, but also because of the worships from some Chinese citizens and Qing officials. After the Opium War, some Chinese people worshiped the Europeans because they had better technologies than Chinese. For example, Gong Zizhen, who was a famous person, had advocated political reform and westernization. He believed…

dynasties came to an end. It is highly questionable as to the series of events that led to the fall of Qing China. One thing is clear, Japan a close neighbor to China did not lead the same fate. The question is how did Japan succeed when China did not. It is known that Qing China failed in many aspects including militarily, economically, and internationally. A combination on failures caused the Qing dynasty came to an end. It is now important to reflect as to how such a powerful dynasty allowed…

Sometimes I am curious about what the many different groups of minorities feel like in the United States. For example, their struggles, emotions, and actions they choose to make while trying to adjust to a new environment. Eric Liu’s memoir The Accidental Asian demonstrates just that. It depicts the double consciousness, social structures, instances of identity confusion, and the agency a second-generation Chinese American experiences. In high school, he experiences the social structure of…

Describe The Hundred Days’ Reform and analyse in detail to what extent it succeeded and what its consequences were. “The greatest dangers lie in the allowing of ignorant persons to meddle and talk and argue amongst themselves upon subjects they know not of.” This statement, published in Emperor Guangxu’s second edict during the Hundred Days’ Reform period, ironically summarises one of the major failings of the reform period. Had the Emperor not been swept along by the pace of the reform, but…

Precis: Hevia in “Introduction” examines the way in which perspectives on imperialism in Asia and change in Imperial China gave changed from a traditional to more modern view, and plans to apply these changes to the encounter between the British and Chinese during the MaCartney Embassy. First off, Hevia cites events throughout twentieth-century history that have identified motivations of imperialism as more than economic but instead as aims to create social hegemony throughout a state. He also…

Truyen Kieu ( story of Kieu ) is one of the most famous masterpice in literature culture in Vietnam was written by Nguyen Du. It was based on Kim Van Kieu Truyen ( story of Kim Van Kieu ) of Thanh Tam Tai Nhan who lived in China. The story consist of 3254 lines of six and eight syllable. The story is about a family living in the Minh dynasty in China. That family had two girls and one boy: Thuy Kieu, Thuy Van and Vuong Quan. Their daughters are the most beautiful in that time but just only Thuy…