Who was Tse Tsan Tai? Insurrectionist? Socialite? Patriot? Revolutionary? Born and raised in Australia and trained in Anglo-Hong Kong\'s civil service, Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938) was all of these and more.
Ideal reading for students of Asian Studies, East Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies, Chinese and Hong Kong History, international Relations, Indo-Pacific Studies, Colonial Studies, Cultural History, Sociology, and related courses, this fascinating course reading uses biography to ask the question: what were the original ideals for republicanism in China?.
Through the lens of his life, this book explores a composite identity, touching on themes of diaspora, religion, colonialism, civil society, science, and revolutions in Qing and Nationalist China.
A first native media man and anti-Qing patriot, he advocated independent thinking and a free China.
Who was Tse Tsan Tai? Insurrectionist? Socialite? Patriot? Revolutionary? Born and raised in Australia and trained in Anglo-Hong Kong\'s civil service, Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938) was all of these and more
