Biweekly Symposium No. 543: Constitutional Moment between the Centre-Left and Centre-Right: 1910-1916. Lecturer: Dr. DONG Yanbin Host: ZHANG Shuguang, Chairman of Unirule Academic Committee Commentators: GAO Quanxi, GUO Xianghong, JIANG Su
For all the nation states in the world, there has always been a process of drafting a constitution even though some does not necessarily lead to a written constitution. Dr. DONG Yanbin introduced the three stages of China’s process of constitution drafting in the modern times. He illustrated the conflicts between various political forces in the Minguo Period. He divided China’s history into three periods, the period of the establishment of the state, that of the cult, and that of the constitution. As he sees it, the first half of the 20th century is the period of the establishment of the constitution. By referring to a very detailed depiction of the period in his latest book, Dr. DONG Yanbin showcased how his research bore a certain academic value as it iterated the history, the milestones, and the outcomes of those who fought to establish China’s constitution. |