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Extrajudicial deliberations in the late Qing local government: the case of Du Fengzhi 晚清地方政府的法外审议:杜凤之案

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2022.2101794

J. Qiu

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From envoy journals to legation reports: regulating knowledge of the world in late imperial and modern China 从使节日记到公使报告:帝国晚期和近代中国的世界知识规范

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2022.2101787

J. Day

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The system of government decision-making and its changes in the late Qing 晚清政府决策制度及其变迁

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2022.2101791

Wenjie Li

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Changes in China’s fiscal system in the late Qing 晚清中国财政制度的变迁

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2022.2101793

Zenghe Liu

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The “Bipolar disorder” of civilization: the entanglement of disasters and history 文明的“躁郁症”:灾难与历史的纠缠

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2100608

Qing-Ping Zhu

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A general history of the Chinese market (3 volumes) 中国市场通史(3卷)

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2100603

Y. Yun

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Breaking diplomatic isolation: the origin of the People’s Republic of China’s assistance to Africa 打破外交孤立:中华人民共和国援助非洲的缘起

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2100640

Wei Song

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Dreaming of a Three Gorges dam amid the troubles of Republican China 在民国的麻烦中梦想着三峡大坝

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2100639

Covell F. Meyskens

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Sun Yat-sen’s English writing and revolutionary image after his kidnapping and imprisonment in London 孙中山在伦敦被绑架囚禁后的英文写作与革命形象

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2108602

Shannon Li

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Between practical and liberal statecraft: Guo Songtao and his political and economic ideas 在实用与自由的治国之道之间:郭嵩焘及其政治经济思想

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Journal of Modern Chinese History Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17535654.2021.2100637

Chi-kong Lai, Kent P. K. Wan

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