| Volume 8, Number 4, October 2011 |
A Survey of the Studies on the
Revolution of 1911 in China and Abroad
by 魏楚雄 Wei Chuxiong |
Ma Xiangbo at Tushanwan
by 陈耀王 Chen Yaowang |
| THE year of 2011 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Revolution of 1911 (also known as the Xinhai Revolution, the 1911 Revolution, the Chinese Revolution, and the Chinese Democratic Revolution of 1911, etc.). During the past hundred years, especially in the last 50 years, historians in both China and foreign countries have carried out countless, profound and extensive researches on that historical event, the most significant one in the history of modern China. On the Xinhai Revolution, there is truly a tremendous amount of papers and monographs, which come one after another to the reader’s attention. Their contents, though all inclusive, are rich in variety. Disputes and contentions over the interpretations of the event arise one after another too, reflecting people’s increasing understanding of the event. In fact, the process of human understanding of history itself is a kind of history, and a best reward for history as well. Therefore, on the occasion of... [ Read more ] |
LOCATED in Shanghai’s Xujiahui area on the south side of No. 55 Puhuitang Road, the “Tushanwan Museum’s” third floor opened last year. On the west side of this floor there is a series of five empty rooms linked together which comprised the living quarters of the Catholic patriot, Ma Xiangbo. Hung on the entrance of the lower-level hall and capturing the attention of pedestrians passing by is an antique bronze sign engraved in both Chinese and English that reads: “Ma Xiangbo’s Home.”
Originally, this was the merging point of the Zhaojiabang and Puhuitang rivers. During the late Qing dynasty, the area was dredged and the slush from the dredging was piled into a mountain on the bend of the river; hence the name Tushanwan (literally translated as earth/soil mountain bay). Around 150 years ago, Taiping troops attacked Shanghai causing many civilians to become destitute and homeless. Many orphans were displaced... [ Read more ] |
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The Double-Ten
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