2022 No.2
Event Report: Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture
  • Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 190 
    (April 2022)
  • Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 191 
    (June 2022)
  • Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 192
    (August 2022)


Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 190 (April 2022)

The topic of the “The Twenty-First Century Review” is “China’s Journey toward Constitutional Transformation Reconsidered”. Three scholars are invited to review the ups and downs of China’s Constitutional development.

The Twenty-First Century Review
China’s Journey toward Constitutional Transformation Reconsidered

Ren Jian-tao, Rethinking the Relationship between The Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Tradition of Chinese Deliberative Democracy

Gao Quan-xi, On the Constitutional Amendment Issue of the 1982 Chinese Constitution

Qin Qian-hong, A Review of the Narrative of the Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese
Constitution (1954–2018)

Research Articles

Xie Ding-yuan, “Military Supplies Take Priority over Daily Necessities”: A Study of China’s Assistance to the
Railway System in North Korea (1950–1955)

You Lan, A Historical Retrospective of the Sino-Vietnamese Border Issue after the Second World War Feng Yi-ming, The Settling of the Border Issue between China and Laos amid the Transformation of Sino-Vietnamese Relations (1971–1992)

Criticism and Response

Sun Yan, Safeguarding Ethnic Autonomy and Ethnic Characteristics: A Review on Zhao Ding-xin, “Empires and
Prevailing Ideologies: The Rise, Development, and Future of Nationalism and Nationalistic Movements”

View on the World

Li Ruo-hong, From Harvard Yard to Divinity Avenue: The Harvard-Yenching Institute’s Two Homes

Research Notes

Lin Wei-jie, A Review of the Archives of the Chinese Communist Party Collected by the Ministry of Justice
Investigation Bureau of Taiwan

Book Reviews

Mao Sheng, Is a History of the Chinese Communist Revolution without Mao Zedong Possible? A Review on Li
Jin-zheng, Revisit the Revolution

Zhou Qi, A Century of Party History beyond Grand Narratives: A Review on Timothy Cheek, Klaus Mühlhahn,
and Hans van de Ven, eds., The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives




Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 191 (June 2022)

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return to China. “The Twenty-First Century Review” presents four articles, discussing on the implementation of “One Country, Two Systems” from different angles, such as political development, constitutional order, cross-border interaction, and economic transformation.

The Twenty-First Century Review
The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return to China

Cheung Bing-leung, Reflections on the Prospects of “One Country, Two Systems”: Twenty-five Years after Reunification

Zhu Guo-bin, Twenty-five Years of Hong Kong’s New Constitutional Order: Retrospect and Prospect

Wong Tze-wai, Victor Zheng, The Change in Hong Kong’s Public Attitudes towards Cross-border Interaction,
1997–2022

Linda Li Che-lan, Luo Man, Going beyond a “Super-connector”: The Strategic Roles and Development
Opportunities for Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area Era

Research Articles

Wang Peng-wei, The Accommodation of Catholicism in the Age of “Ism”: An Example of Xu Zongze’s Interpretation of the Three Principles of the People

Fan Jian-zheng, Dong Guo-qiang, Denouncing the “Ghosts and Monsters” at Fudan University during the Early
Cultural Revolution (Part I)

Ma Jin-sheng, Memorial Meeting in Contemporary China and Its Historical Changes

View on the World

Lai Kwok-wai, Hong Kong Streets’ Wordscape in Transition

Discourses and Peripatetic Notes

Wu Guo, Rethinking Hu Shi’s Hesitance and Ambiguity: A Critical Reading of Huang Ko-wu, Hu Shi’s Frustration:
The Political Choice between Freedom and Authority

Book Reviews

Duan Lian, The Requestioning of the Intellectual History of the May Fourth Movement: A Review on Wang
Fan-sen, A Discussion on the Continuity of the Enlightenment

Qin Xue, The Aspirations of Hong Kong Filmmakers: A Review on Kenny Ng Kwok-kwan, Yesterday, Today,
Tomorrow: Hong Kong Cinema with Sino-links in Politic, Art, and Tradition




Twenty-First Century Bimonthly, Issue 192 (August 2022)

The topic of the “The Twenty-First Century Review” is Fifty Years of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations: Retrospect and Prospect”. Four experts in the field contribute their articles to explore the topic.

The Twenty-First Century Review
Fifty Years of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations: Retrospect and Prospect

Lin Xiao-guang, The Normalization of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations: Political Solution versus Legal Solution

Cheung Mong, China–Japan Strategic Distrust: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Lim Chuan-tiong, The Power-shift Syndrome between China and Japan in Early Twenty-first Century

Gui Yong-tao, Exploring the Changing Relations between the United States, Japan, and China

Research Articles

Zhang Lei, The War within a War: Local Elites’ Choices in Northwest Jiangsu Province, 1938–1945

Qin Hui, Revisiting the Tide of the Sent-Down Youth Movement in Late 1968

Fan Jian-zheng, Dong Guo-qiang, Denouncing the “Ghosts and Monsters” at Fudan University during the Early
Cultural Revolution (Part II)

View on the World

Jiang Yi-wei, Chimera Okinawa: A Retrospective of Okinawa Contemporary Art on the 50th Anniversary of
Reversion

Glamour of Scholars

King Y. C. Ambrose, A Prestigious Historian: Professor Hsu Cho-yun as I Know Him

Chen Fong-ching, My Tribute to Professor Hsu Cho-yun, a Long-time Friend and a Founding Member of the
Editorial Board

Book Reviews
Kazuko Mori, Interdisciplinary Mao Zedong Research: A Review on Nakagane Katsuji, On Mao Zedong: The
Truth Falls Down from the Heaven

Li Kai-hang, The Pride and Prejudice of an Empire: A Review on Koyasu Nobukuni, Modern Japan’s View on
China

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