Chao Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He is an associate professor at Southeast University. His recent publications include "Racism in the Early-20th-Century U.S. and Sun Yat-sen’s Outlook on Chinese Culture," Cultura (2018).

“In the complex world of the first half of the 20th century, the cultural exchanges between East Asian countries in the context of Manchukuo suffered from various difficulties and setbacks. A blank part of the long history of Chinese literature was also engaged in this process. Although the situation of Manchukuo literature has been somehow clarified with the efforts of many researchers, this book by Chao Liu, a distinguished scholar who is willing to meet new challenges on the very topic, will definitely win over the readers confronted with a different difficult time.”—Suzuki Sadami, Emeritus Professor of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

• Introduction – "Overcoming Modernity" and the Manshū Rōmanha – The Sakubun School and Their Proposals of Literary Realism – The Modernization Discourse Formulated by Yiwenzhi Intellectuals – The Nationalist Discourse Proposed by the Wenxuan School – Conclusion and Epilogue – Bibliography.

Chao Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He is an associate professor at Southeast University. His recent publications include "Racism in the Early-20th-Century U.S. and Sun Yat-sen’s Outlook on Chinese Culture," Cultura (2018).

“In the complex world of the first half of the 20th century, the cultural exchanges between East Asian countries in the context of Manchukuo suffered from various difficulties and setbacks. A blank part of the long history of Chinese literature was also engaged in this process. Although the situation of Manchukuo literature has been somehow clarified with the efforts of many researchers, this book by Chao Liu, a distinguished scholar who is willing to meet new challenges on the very topic, will definitely win over the readers confronted with a different difficult time.”—Suzuki Sadami, Emeritus Professor of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

• Introduction – "Overcoming Modernity" and the Manshū Rōmanha – The Sakubun School and Their Proposals of Literary Realism – The Modernization Discourse Formulated by Yiwenzhi Intellectuals – The Nationalist Discourse Proposed by the Wenxuan School – Conclusion and Epilogue – Bibliography.

Chao Liu received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He is an associate professor at Southeast University. His recent publications include "Racism in the Early-20th-Century U.S. and Sun Yat-sen’s Outlook on Chinese Culture," Cultura (2018).

“In the complex world of the first half of the 20th century, the cultural exchanges between East Asian countries in the context of Manchukuo suffered from various difficulties and setbacks. A blank part of the long history of Chinese literature was also engaged in this process. Although the situation of Manchukuo literature has been somehow clarified with the efforts of many researchers, this book by Chao Liu, a distinguished scholar who is willing to meet new challenges on the very topic, will definitely win over the readers confronted with a different difficult time.”—Suzuki Sadami, Emeritus Professor of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

• Introduction – "Overcoming Modernity" and the Manshū Rōmanha – The Sakubun School and Their Proposals of Literary Realism – The Modernization Discourse Formulated by Yiwenzhi Intellectuals – The Nationalist Discourse Proposed by the Wenxuan School – Conclusion and Epilogue – Bibliography.