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During My second Semester of Chinese History 495 we were required to read from several texts, one of those being Revolution and Its Past : Identities and Change in Modern Chinese History. It was a well written book that centered its theme around the Chinese identity and how forces both within and outside of China have impacted it in the past century and a half. Near the end of his book, Schoppa raised the question of what shape Chinese identity, the “Chinese soul,” would take as China integrates into the global community. Among the issues he raised were continued...