Rana Mitter

Rana Mitter is author of China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism (2020) and China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival [US title: Forgotten Ally] (2013). He is professor of the history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford.

Tsiang Tingfu – pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West

Rana Mitter

The American-educated diplomat and historian sought Chinese national revival on cosmopolitan lines, but Mao’s revolution led to exile as mainland China was closed off to the world.

China rethinking its role

Rana Mitter

With China positioning itself as a leader on the world stage, its government is drawing on memories of the role the country played in shaping the post-War order. This raises tough questions about China’s self-image.

Rana Mitter

Tsiang Tingfu – pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West

China rethinking its role

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