{"product_id":"9780300264807","title":"The Invention of China","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Hayton tells the story of how \"China\" came to think of itself as China-and what it means for our world today \"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism.\"-Foreign Policy In this compelling and highly-readable account, Hayton shows how China's present-day geopolitical problems-the fates of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and the South China Sea-were born in the struggle to create a modern nation-state. He brings alive the fevered debates of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when reformers and revolutionaries adopted foreign ideas to \"invent' a new vision of China.    Ranging across history, nationhood, language, and territory, Hayton shows how a few radicals, often living in exile, adopted European beliefs about race and nation to rethink China's past and create a new future. He weaves together political and personal stories to show how Chinese nationalism�emerged from the connections between east and west. These ideas continue to motivate and direct the country's policies into the twenty first century. By asserting a particular version of the past Chinese governments have bolstered their claims to a vast territory stretching from the Pacific to�Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45458093048029,"sku":"9780300264807","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780300264807.jpg?v=1719942294","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780300264807","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}