C. Simon Fan is Professor of Economics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1.Introduction 2. Economic Development and Nationalism 3. Nationalism in Ancient China: hegemony in the Spring-Autumn Period 4. Nationalism in the Song Dynasty 5. The Establishment of the Qing Dynasty 6. The Qing Dynasty Was the Choice of Ancient Chinese 7. The First Opium War 8. The Second Opium War 9. China’s Loss of Territories at the End of the Qing Dynasty 10. The Boxer War 11. Reforms at the End of the Qing Dynasty 12. Why Did the Qing Dynasty Collapse? 13. The Second Sino-Japanese War 14. The Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, and the Korean War 15. The 1962 Sino-Indian War 16. The 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War 17. The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade 18. Dispute over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku Islands 19. Epilogue: toward a Theory of "Optimal Nationalism"

C. Simon Fan is Professor of Economics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1.Introduction 2. Economic Development and Nationalism 3. Nationalism in Ancient China: hegemony in the Spring-Autumn Period 4. Nationalism in the Song Dynasty 5. The Establishment of the Qing Dynasty 6. The Qing Dynasty Was the Choice of Ancient Chinese 7. The First Opium War 8. The Second Opium War 9. China’s Loss of Territories at the End of the Qing Dynasty 10. The Boxer War 11. Reforms at the End of the Qing Dynasty 12. Why Did the Qing Dynasty Collapse? 13. The Second Sino-Japanese War 14. The Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, and the Korean War 15. The 1962 Sino-Indian War 16. The 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War 17. The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade 18. Dispute over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku Islands 19. Epilogue: toward a Theory of "Optimal Nationalism"

C. Simon Fan is Professor of Economics at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

• 1.Introduction 2. Economic Development and Nationalism 3. Nationalism in Ancient China: hegemony in the Spring-Autumn Period 4. Nationalism in the Song Dynasty 5. The Establishment of the Qing Dynasty 6. The Qing Dynasty Was the Choice of Ancient Chinese 7. The First Opium War 8. The Second Opium War 9. China’s Loss of Territories at the End of the Qing Dynasty 10. The Boxer War 11. Reforms at the End of the Qing Dynasty 12. Why Did the Qing Dynasty Collapse? 13. The Second Sino-Japanese War 14. The Chinese Communist Party, the Soviet Union, and the Korean War 15. The 1962 Sino-Indian War 16. The 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War 17. The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade 18. Dispute over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku Islands 19. Epilogue: toward a Theory of "Optimal Nationalism"