China Today in Her Late-imperial Perspective
Students of modern China’s transformation during the twentieth century are often struck by parallels between China at the end of the 19th century and China at the end of the 20th century. Of course, historians will not succumb to the saying that history repeats itself; but they do like to point out startling parallels of events and mindsets of different epochs. Please come for a discourse on this phenomenon by Professor Kwang-ching Liu, a noted authority in the late-imperial and modern history of China.
