The yearning for "friendship": Revisiting "the political" in minority revolutionary history in China

Article Abstract:

Revolutionary histories on the Northern frontier of China are studied, relating such histories to minority nationality, the legitimacy of Inner Mongolia as an 'autonomous region' and the structural transformation and hypernationalism in China. A nation-centered reappraisal of the 'friendship' between the Mongol Communist revolutionary Ulanhu and the Chinese warlord Fu Zuoyi in anti-Japanese resistance suggests China's attempt to domesticate Inner Mongolia for a national, post-revolutionary self-gain.

International Affairs, Nationalism, Analysis, Mongolian history

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Zhang Jian and China's first museum

Article Abstract:

Nantong Museum established in 1905 by Zhang Jian in the city of Jiangsu, Nantong was the first domestically conceived, managed, and developed museum in China. The idea was to instill an awareness in people who visited the museum, of China's natural, historical and artistic heritage as a precondition for imagining a modern future.

Government domestic functions, Services information, Services, Historical museums, Cultural policy

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Embodying civility: Civilizing processes and symbolic citizenship in Southeastern China

Article Abstract:

Chinese intellectuals and officials throughout the twentieth century have advocated civilization as a national strategy for radical social transformation. This practical transformative conception of civilization has not only suffused the relationship between successive Chinese governments and the minority groups.

Evaluation, Social change, Chinese culture

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