China’s Past in Its Present and Future

War and the Making of a New World Order in Asia, 1937 to the Present

On February 6, 2019, Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, gave a lecture on "War and the Making of a New World Order in Asia, 1937 to the Present."

This lecture explores how the battered China of wartime became today's superpower in the making. It is part of the Impact of the Past Lecture Series curated by Visitor in the School of Historical Studies Karina Urbach.