Over the span of the last 800 years, China has been repeatedly invaded and conquered by
foreigners, who inevitably become “Chinese” through the course of a couple generations after their initial invasion. In this text, Yutang explores the traumatic disorientation resulting from a battering of influences and forces upon the Chinese people, as well as the affect of “overnight” modernization of China on the Chinese spirit and psyche.
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