History revisited: what the isolationist Qing dynasty tells us about Xi Jinping’s China

Promotion of historian who spearheaded rehabilitation of the Qing period prompts speculation that the past is being reinterpreted to bolster President Xi. Manchu men, from the group that ruled China during the Qing dynasty, circa 1901. Photograph: Granger/Historical Picture Archive/Alamy – By Verna …