TONG LAM
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
THE QING EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
FRONTIER RECOLONIZATION AND STATE TRANSFORMATION IN MODERN CHINA
FRONTIER RECOLONIZATION AND STATE TRANSFORMATION IN MODERN CHINA
This book-length project looks beyond the old narrative of decline and failure of the Qing emphasized by the anti-Qing revolutionaries and their successors, and analyzes the dynasty’s renewed geopolitical ambitions during its final decades in the context of global imperialist rivalries.
Related published articles:
Policing the Imperial Nation: Sovereignty, International Law, and the Civilizing Mission in Late Qing China, Comparative Studies in Society and History (2010), 52: 881-908.
A Qing rendition of the Japanese police uniform design.
SPECTACLES AND THE CITY
An ongoing investigation of China's spectacular and speculative urban development
