The Phony Reformer: Greed, Status, and Patronage in Late Qing China

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The Phony Reformer: Greed, Status, and Patronage in Late Qing ChinaThis engaging translation presents an authentic period document that reflects aspects of Chinese life and society as seen through contemporary eyes. Portraying a "phony" reformer who rode the tide of the Qing court's post Boxer reform initiatives to career success and personal wealth, this satire conveys the author's hope for a new, improved China, one that could stand proudly alongside Western nations and Meiji Japan in the modern world. His vivid

His deep understanding of the subject is allied with his wide knowledge of history

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Then one day just before Christmas

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