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The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China

Part of the Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45637-8

ISBN: 978-3-662-45636-1

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

Dec 15, 2014

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Chapter 1Inception: From Hundred Days Reform to Xinhai Revolution

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 1 –18

[China’s encounter with the West in mid-nineteenth century set off changes that had “not been seen for three thousands years”. These changes, including the Opium War, and later, the First Sino-Japanese War, jolted the Qing dynasty onto a course of modernization and ushered in China’s near-modern...
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Chapter 2Failed Legacy: The Early Days of the New Republic

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 19 –44

[The success of Wuchang Revolt in October 1911 opened a new chapter for the Chinese history. With the abdication of Qing emperor, and the establishment of the republic, China was given a great opportunity to form a sound modern government. However, notwithstanding its five thousands of years of...
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Chapter 3Rule by the Party: Party Rule, Tutelage and Transformation Towards Constitutionalism

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 45 –59

[With the success of Wuchang Uprising and Qing Emperor’s abdication, Sun Yat-sen and his comrades made true on their promise of expelling “the barbarians”. Yet they had failed to deliver on the other one, namely, “create a people’s republic”. In fact, soon after the establishment of ROC, the...
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Chapter 4Revolutionary Legal System: From Common Program to 1975 Constitution

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 61 –98

[The success of the Anti-Japanese War opened a new window of opportunity for China to undertake peaceful state building. However, the long bitter strife between CPC and KMT greatly diminished any hope of reconciliation between the two parties. Following a 3-year civil war, CPC emerged victorious....
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Chapter 5Transformation to Daily Routine: Reform and Governance

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 99 –133

[One may get the impression that the basic principles of governance had stayed largely unchanged during the six decades of the post-1949 era, if he only looks at the CPC Congress reports during the period. He may not realize that in the year of 1978, a great transition took place that had...
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Chapter 6Review and Outlook

Gao, Quanxi; Zhang, Wei; Tian, Feilong

Pages: 135 –143

[China’s modernization began as part of the national effort in response to the Western provocation. It has two objectives: building a modern nation state and cultivation of a modern citizenry. Effort towards the first objective started a little earlier and received greater priority, though both...

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