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The Brookings Institute presents ….

The 100th Anniversary of China’s 1911 Revolution and the Significance of the Republic of China

Event Summary

2011 marks the centennial of China’s October 1911 Revolution, a landmark event which ended China’s imperial era and unleashed a host of changes upon Chinese society and the world which continue to reverberate today. The Republic of China (ROC) was established in the wake of the revolution as a new, “modern” political order, but it was soon wracked by warlordism, foreign invasion, and further revolution. But the ROC survives on the island of Taiwan and continues to play a major role in world affairs.

On May 20, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings will host leading historians and analysts for a discussion of some of the political ramifications of the 1911 revolution; the roles that the Republic of China has played in the history of China and the world since 1911; and the significance of the Republic of China in contemporary and future cross-strait relations and international politics. Mary Backus Rankin, a leading expert on the 1911 revolution, will deliver the luncheon keynote address. Ambassador Jason Yuan, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, will deliver opening remarks prior to the beginning of the panel discussion.

After each panel, the speakers will take audience questions. Lunch will be provided prior to the start of the discussion.

Participants

12:30 PM — Introduction

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

1:00 PM — Keynote Address

Mary Backus Rankin

Author, Early Chinese Revolutionaries
and Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance

2:00 PM — Opening Remarks

Moderator: Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Ambassador Jason Yuan

Representative
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S.

2:20 PM — Panel 1: The 1911 Revolution and its Aftermath

Moderator: Steven Phillips

Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies
Towson University

Edward McCord

Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
The George Washington University

David Strand

Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science
Dickinson College

Zheng Xiaowei

Assistant Professor of History
University of California, Santa Barbara

4:00 PM — Panel 2: The Contemporary Significance of the Republic of China

Moderator: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Professor of History, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Liu Fu-Kuo

Executive Director, MacArthur Center for Security Studies, Institute of International Relations
National Chengchi University

Thomas Gold

Professor of Sociology
University of California, Berkeley

 

Theatre Celebrating this 100th Anniversary!

Lin Peng also stood in for the Jackie Chan production of Xinhai Revolution scheduled for a 2011 release to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 1911 revolution leading to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. The historic epic will feature a mega-star cast comparable to The Founding of a Republic.

HONG KONG, March 1 (Xinhua) — This year marks the centenary of the 1911 Revolution. To commemorate this remarkable event, an exhibition titled “Centenary of China’s 1911 Revolution” will be held at the Hong Kong Museum of History from March 2 to May 16.

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Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Revolution!

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