Voices from the Chinese Century

This volume offers readers a valuable chance to hear from a diverse group of twenty-first-century Chinese public intellectuals articulating the 'China Dream,' in their own voice. * China Review International * Highly recommended. * Choice * A joint effort by scholars with stellar track records, this collection is a valuable and timely contribution to the literature on Chinese thought and politics. It allows readers outside the country a unique chance to eavesdrop on and appreciate the stakes in the spirited debates that continue among Chinese intellectuals. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, coauthor of <i>China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know</i> Voices from the Chinese Century is an immensely important and incredibly timely book, broadly relevant beyond the field of China studies. The translations are exemplary; these translators have pulled it off beautifully. -- Aminda Smith, Michigan State University This splendid anthology features intellectual voices of different ideological camps in contemporary China. The masterfully selected and translated texts represent both academic writings and popular internet genres. Extremely timely and important for understanding China's changing social and political trends. A treasure trove for teaching and research. -- Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania Few countries will do more to shape the twenty-first century than China. But who will shape China? This is a necessary book introducing us to key ideas for the future of Chinese politics and society. Many of the voices translated in this volume not only affect the debates going on in China today but will influence what issues the Chinese consider important tomorrow. -- Peter Zarrow, University of Connecticut Striking and controversial...gives a taste of the range of intellectual life in China. -- Tom Hancock * Financial Times * [an] ambitious effort. * New York Review of Books * Anyone who wants to understand the major questions that shape public intellectual debate in contemporary China will find a trustworthy companion in this outstanding and most timely anthology. -- Els van Dongen Nanyang Technological University * The China Journal *

Timothy Cheek is Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia. His most recent book is The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History (2015). David Ownby is professor of Chinese history at the University of Montreal. He is the editor and translator of Xu Jilin's Rethinking China's Rise: A Liberal Critique (2018), among other works. Joshua A. Fogel is Canada Research Chair in Modern Chinese Studies at York University. His many books include Maiden Voyage: The Senzaimaru and the Creation of Modern Sino-Japanese Relations (2014).

Introduction: Thinking China in the Age of Xi Jinping Part I: The Challenge 1. "Unifying the Three Traditions" in the New Era (selection) (2005), by Gan Yang Part II: Liberal Voices 2. Liberalism in the Chinese Context (2004), by Liu Qing 3. A China Bereft of Thought (2013), by Rong Jian 4. Original Intentions Start with the People (2017), by Guo Yuhua 5. "The Shadow of Communist Civilization": A Gongshi Wang (Consensus Net) Interview (2013), by Guo Yuhua 6. Advancing Constitutional Democracy Should Be the Mission of the Chinese Communist Party (2013), by Cai Xia 7. "I Am a Child of the Nineteenth Century": The Last Twenty Years of Wang Yuanhua's Life (2008), by Xu Jilin Part III: Left Voices 8. Mao Zedong and His Era (2012), by Qian Liqun 9. From Authoritarian Government to Constitutional Democracy (2012), by Xiao Gongqin 10. Liberalism: For the Aristocrats or for the People? (1999), by Gan Yang 11. Representative Democracy and Representational Democracy (2014), by Wang Shaoguang 12. The Significance of Borders (2017), by Sun Ge Part IV: New Confucian Voices 13. Kang Youwei and Institutional Confucianism (2014), by Chen Ming, Gan Yang, Tang Wenming, Yao Zhongqiu, and Zhang Xiang 14. A Century of Confucianism (2014), by Chen Lai 15. Only Confucians Can Make a Place for Modern Women (2015), by Jiang Qing Glossary of Names and Terms List of Essays Translated in This Volume, with Original Titles Contributors Index