Chinese Asianism in the Early Republic
Guomindang intellectuals and the brief internationalist turn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3654083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig A Smith (0000-0001-9257-8528, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 582-605 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x17000713 |
| OpenAlex | W2911033834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Until recent decades, historians of modern East Asia generally considered Asianism to be an imperialistic ideology of militant Japan. Although Japanese expansionists certainly used the term and its concept in this way in the 1930s and 1940s, earlier proponents of Asianism looked upon it as a very real strategy of uniting Asian nations to defend against Western imperialism. Showing that Chinese intellectuals considered different forms of Asianism as viable alternatives in the early days of the Republic of China, this article examines a number of discussions of Asianism immediately following the 1911 Revolution. Concentrating on newspaper articles and speeches by intellectuals Ye Chucang and Sun Yat-sen, I show the international aspirations of the Guomindang elite at this crucial point in the construction of the Chinese nation. Despite the dominance of discourse on the nation state, these intellectuals advocated different Asianist programmes for strategic purposes within the first two years of the Republic, dependent on their very different relationships with Japan
China · Development economics · Dominance (genetics · Economic history · Economics · Elite · Ideology · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Republic · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
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