Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History III - Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History III -

Preface The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement Vigorous development Zigzag development and retrogression Maturity and harvest The compilation, publication and related research of historical documents Discussions on the nature of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime Research on the historical figures Research on the politics Research on the opposite sides of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Research on the military, diplomacy, economy and culture Research on the religious, regional, and social history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom The publication of a hatch of large-scale reference hooks and monographs on the general history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom The status of research on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Notes Sun Yat-sen studies An overview of the initial studies Sun Yat-sen’s early thoughts and activities On the Three People’s Principles Philosophical thought Reflection and recovery Moving toward prosperity Sun Yat-sen’s family hackground Three major policies Sun’s relationship with modern Chinese warlords Sun’s view of Asia and the world Sun’s cultural thoughts Deepening and expanding Sun Yat-sen and China's modernization Sun Yat-sen and Chinese and Western culture New progress Sun Yat-sen and the world The relationship between Sun Yat-sen and his contemporaries Suggestions for improvement Notes History of the 1911 Revolution The initial stage (1949-1966)The revival and rising stage (1976-1990)The stage of sustainable development (1991-1999)The deepening of research at the beginning of the 21st century (2000-2009)Retrospect and prospect Notes History of the Northern Warlords Theoretical issues What is a warlord? What are the Northern Warlords?The origin, the time limit and the cause of the modern warlord politics The class basis of the Northern Warlords and the nature of its regime The historical status and role of the Northern Warlords Group Studies on Yuan Shikai’s construction of the Beiyang Army and his reign over China The process and evaluation of Yuan Shikai’s founding of the Beiyang Army The reasons why Yuan Shikai succeeded Sun Yat-sen as Provisional President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai’s negotiation with Japan on the “Twenty-one Demands”Yuan Shikai and the modernization of China's economy The problem of Yuan Shikai’s class attribution and evaluation Studies on the Anhui Warlords The formation of the Anhui Warlords The relationship between the Anhui Warlords and Japan Activities of the key members of the Anhui Warlords Studies on the Zhili Warlords The reasons for the Zhili Warlords’ defeat in the Zhili-Fengtian War The relationship between the Zhili Warlords and Britain, America and other bigpowers Cao Kun and his related activities Wu Peifu and his Luoyang Warlord Group Feng Yuxiang and the evaluation of him Sun Chuanfang and his governance of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Zhanyuan's rule over Hubei Studies on the Fengtian Warlords The formation and characteristics of the Fengtian Warlords The relationship between the Fengtian Warlords and Japan The politics, military and economy of the Fengtian warlords Zhang Zuolin and his important staff members Several noteworthy problems Too much imitation hut little innovation Too many repeated works Researchers seldom check or even do not check the reliability of the historical data Many case studies hut few wholistic studies Notes The Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese aggression1 The relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the Anti-Japanese War Battlefield behind enemy lines Front battlefield Enemy-occupied areas and puppet regimes Diplomacy during the Anti-Japanese War Sino-Japanese relations Sino-German relations Sino-Soviet Relation China’s relations with Britain and the United States Sino-French relations Economy during the Anti-Japanese war Ideology and culture during the Anti-Japanese War Japanese Policy of invasion of China and problems left over from the war Prospects for the future Notes Studies on historical figures Reconstructing the value system and the practice Initial prosperity Problems in development Notes Sorting and publishing of modern history materials Overview of the publishing work in the second half of the twentieth century Data collection of several hot topics Overview of the publishing work in the early 21st century Notes Translation of overseas studies on Chinese modern history Translation mainly for criticism Flourishing era of translation Translated works proliferated Notes Modem Chinese history studies from 2009 to 20191 Historical theories, methods and seminal discussions Historical materialism ami its understanding ami development The spread of historical materialism in China The establishment of Marxist historiography in China Criticism of historical nihilism Equal and straightforward discussions A political history of the Late Qing Political history of the Republic of China Economic history History of Sino-foreign relations Sino-foreign relations during the late Qing government Sino-foreign relations during the Beijing Government period Sino-foreign relations during the reign of the Nanjing national government History of the Chinese revolution History of thought and culture Social history Taiwan history Notes Index