@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3105},
      author = {Wei, Ziling},
      title = {The Idea of American Federalism in Early Republican China:  The Important Political Thinkers and the Provincial  Constitution Movements.},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2021-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {The federalist movements in the early years of the  Republic of China were a series of attempts by Chinese  intellectuals and politicians – who were significantly  influenced by western and especially American political  thought – to set up a federal government in China, with  clear divisions of powers between the central and the  provincial governments, as opposed to a centralized unitary  government which had been a Chinese tradition for  centuries. Influential Chinese intellectuals including  political leaders, warlords, and scholars wrote noteworthy  passages over federalism in China, and in the early 1920s,  the idea materialized into the provincial constitution  movements and the drafting and ratifications of provincial  constitutions. This paper aims to provide an analysis of  the federalist movements by noting specific primary  passages from important thinkers and the provincial  constitutions that drew a direct comparison with American  political ideas. By doing so, the paper contributes to the  ongoing discussion of implementing western federalism in  state-building scenarios. As this historical period has  largely been understudied in both Chinese and English  scholarships for different reasons, this paper takes a stab  at reexamining the federalism possibility in early  Republican China, an idea that is still very much relevant  today, as this year marks the centennial anniversary of the  ratification of the first provincial constitution in  China.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3105},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3105},
}