About the Book: Chinese Asianism, 18941945
Chinese Asianism examines Chinese intellectual discussions of East Asian
solidarity, analyzing them in connection with Chinese nationalism and
SinoJapanese relations Beginning with texts written after the first SinoJapanese
War of 1894 and concluding with Wang Jingweis failed government in World War II,
Craig Smith engages with a period in which the Chinese empire had crumbled and
intellectuals were struggling to adapt to imperialism, new and hegemonic forms
of government, and radically different epistemes. He considers a wide range of
writings that show the depth of the pre-war discourse on Asianism and the
influence it had on the rise of nationalism in