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A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism

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I am interested in the historical development of Chinese nationalism and planning to write my dissertation about the concept of nation, state, nationality and ethnicity in modern China.

When I looked up the books on Chinese nationalism, it seems to me that most of them are not deep enough but simply describing contemporary political phenomenon. Those who want to know more than just newspaper information about China and Chinese nationalism, I strongly recommend you to read this book.

Unlike many others, this book is well-written and very informative. More than that, prof. Zhao has very solid theoretical background as well as empirical knowledge. And most of reference are written in Chinese, which means completely unknown to Western world.