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From the archives

Sense of an Ending

Whether that nation can long endure

Oil and Holy Water

Bearing the cross of a natural resource

Slouching toward Democracy

Where have all the wise men gone?

Challenge to the West

How the Chinese examination system created the modern world.

Michael Szonyi

Michael Szonyi is an associate professor of Chinese history at Harvard University. His forthcoming book is Island on the Frontlines: Quemoy in the Cold War, 1949–1992.

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