Author | Qin Hui[1] |
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Original title | 走出帝制:从晚清到民国的历史回望 |
Publisher | Qunyan Press |
Publication date | October 1, 2015 |
OCLC | 1101296683 |
The Moving Away from the Imperial Regime,[2] or Departing the Imperial Regime,[3] is a collection of historical essays written by Chinese historian Qin Hui,[4] majorly dealing with the topics of modern Chinese history before and after the Xinhai Revolution, and questioning the long-dominant Marxist historiography and the historical view of strengthening the nation in Chinese historiography.[5] The book describes China's tortuous history of constitutional transformation.[6]
With the central theme of the difficulty of China's departing the imperial regime, Moving Away from the Imperial Regime points out that China's second transition (from imperialism to a republican, democratic, and constitutional system since the late Qing Dynasty) is still incomplete after more than one hundred years,[7] and it is difficult to predict when it will succeed. This view in the book provoked the discontent among Chinese book censors and was banned.[8]
Moving Away from the Imperial Regime is a book about the difficult transition from the last Qing Empire to the early years of the Republic of China. [9] In this book, Qin Hui addresses the issues of China and constitutional democracy after the Xinhai Revolution.[10] It examines why constitutional democracy cannot take root in China and refutes the view that the Chinese cannot accept constitutionalism.[11]
Moving Away from the Imperial Regime was published by Qunyan Press on October 1, 2015,[12] and on November 30 of the same year, the book was banned by the Chinese government.[13]