ITHC Director Discusses His New Book, The Idea of China: A Contested History, with CHUS

Professor Xu Guoqi, Director of ITHC, recently delivered a talk as part of the Chinese Historians in the United States’ (CHUS) History Matters Series. During the presentation, he shared the background stories and key ideas behind his latest book. His talk invites us to reconsider China not as a timeless civilization or a fixed political entity, but as an evolving historical process shaped by continuous change.
You can watch the full, thought-provoking lecture here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7lOQum87M