Moving Away from the Imperial Regime

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]

Moving Away from the Imperial Regime
First edition (Chinese)
AuthorQin Hui[1]
Original title走出帝制：从晚清到民国的历史回望
PublisherQunyan Press
Publication date
October 1, 2015
OCLC1101296683

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

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] he also discusses China's "dream" of realizing a constitutional democracy.[11] It examines why constitutional democracy cannot take root in China and refutes the view that the Chinese cannot accept constitutionalism.[12]

Published and banned

Moving Away from the Imperial Regime was published by Qunyan Press on October 1, 2015,[13] and on November 30 of the same year, the book was banned by the Chinese government.[14]

References
  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. "China Bans Book on Constitutional Democracy Ahead of 'Constitution Day'". The Washington Free Beacon. December 3, 2015.
  12. "Society - The New York Times Chinese Website". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  13. "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.
  14. "Chinese government censored the new book Moving away from the Imperial Regime". The Liberty Times. 2015-12-05.
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