Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Fascicolo | 61 | 2025 | Supplemento
Articolo | The German-Chinese University in Qingdao as a Space of Circulation During the Late Qing and Early Republican Era

The German-Chinese University in Qingdao as a Space of Circulation During the Late Qing and Early Republican Era

The Case of the Reform of Chinese Penal Law

Abstract

This paper reconstructs and analyses the dialogue between conservative German legal scholars and Chinese officials involved in the reform of Chinese penal law during the late Qing period. It shows that, to some extent, the colonial setting – and the German-Chinese University in Tsing-tao as a very special space of circulation – offered opportunities for a surprisingly multi-faceted Sino-German intellectual exchange. It also makes clear that not only progressive Chinese scholars could thrive by appropriating ‘Western’ ideas, but that this could be true for more conservative officials and scholars as well.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 05 Luglio 2024 | Accettato: 20 Febbraio 2025 | Pubblicato 30 Maggio 2025 | Lingua: en

Keywords ColonialismTsing-taoTranslationGerman-Chinese universityLaw reform


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