Reinventing Examination and the State in Twentieth-Century China and Taiwan

Reinventing Examination and the State traces the ideological evolution of civil service and state-organized educational examinations in the twentieth-century China and Taiwan, showing how modern examination shaped new concepts of individual responsibility and contributed to the resilience of the state.

• | Author: Shiuon Chu
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 30, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674302570
• | ISBN-10: 0674302575