Books by Patrick Fuliang Shan

This first major comprehensive study of Yuan Shikai in more than half a century explores the controversial life of one of the most important figures in China's transition from empire to republic.

For most of its rule, the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) - whose historical homeland was in Heilongjiang - enforced a policy that prohibited Chinese immigration and settlement and maintained the region's reputation as the Great Northern Wilderness.