Administering the Colonizer

Harbin of the 1920s was viewed by Westerners as a world turned upsidedown. The Chinese government had taken over administration of theRussian-founded Chinese Eastern Railway concession, and its largeRussian population. This account of the decade-long multi-ethnic andmultinational administrative experiment in North Manchuria reveals thatChina not only created policies to promote Chinese sovereignty but alsoinstituted measures to protect the Russian minority. This multi-facetedbook is a historical examination of how an ethnic, cultural, and racialmajority coexisted with a minority of a different culture and race. Itrestores to history the multiple national influences that have shapednorthern China and Chinese nationalism.