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Re-building Local Sovereignty in Late-Qing China: Li Hongzhang, Christianity, and the Disestablishment of Religion at the Village Level
Roger Thompson, a professor of Western Washington University, will examine Western influence in rural China from 1860 to 1911.
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The speaker will examine China's effort to control Western influence in rural China from 1860 to 1911. Drawing on archival and published sources, and using a comparative historical framework, he will trace the Chinese effort to disestablish Christianity in rural China. This effort, which continued after the Boxer Uprising, was joined with the Qing government's attempt to disassociate the state from local religiosity.
Featured Speaker: Roger Thompson, History, Western Washington University
Panelist/Discussant: Albert Wu, History, UC Berkeley
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