Moving Away from the Imperial Regime

First edition (Chinese)

Author| Qin Hui[1]
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]

## Overview

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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]

## Published and banned

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Eswar S. Prasad (13 September 2016). Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi. Oxford University Press. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-0-19-063107-9.
2. ^ Mitchell, Tom (Dec 2, 2015). "Book by prominent Chinese academic 'banned'". The Financial Times.
3. ^ K. K. Yeo (24 August 2018). What Has Jerusalem to Do with Beijing?: Biblical Interpretation from a Chinese Perspective, Second Edition. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 265–. ISBN 978-1-5326-4328-6.
4. ^ Kathryn Batchelor; Xiaoling Zhang (26 June 2017). China-Africa Relations: Building Images Through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation, and Communication. Taylor & Francis. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-351-85806-9.
5. ^ "Focus Dialogue: Moving away from the Imperial Regime Banned, Republican Dream Banned Again?". Voice of America. 2015-12-11.
6. ^ "On China's Constitution Day, Book on Constitutionalism Largely Disappears". The New York Times. December 7, 2015.
7. ^ "The Banning of Qin Hui's New Work and the Qin System That Won't Go Away". The New York Times. 2015-12-29.
8. ^ "Culture - The New York Times Chinese Website". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
9. ^ Magnus Fiskesjö (March 12, 2017). "The Legacy of the Chinese Empires Beyond "the West and the Rest"". The Association for Asian Studies.
10. ^ "New book Moving away from the Imperial Regime banned by Chinese government Author: I can't talk about it". Apple Daily. 2015-12-05.
11. ^ "Society - The New York Times Chinese Website". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
12. ^ "China's publishing industry cautiously avoids topic of banning of Qin Hui's Moving away from the Imperial Regime". Radio France Internationale. 2015-12-04.
13. ^ "Chinese government censored the new book Moving away from the Imperial Regime". The Liberty Times. 2015-12-05.

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number