History matters
By Andrew Moody | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-13 07:48
Scholar's compilation of the story of modern China is an Oxford first, Andrew Moody reports.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom says it is a challenge to be a historian of China because it is a country where history always matters.
"I think history has always been seen as significant on multiple different levels and is significant in different ways," the 55-year-old says.
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