| Number 172 April 2019 |
The Twenty-First Century Review
The May Fourth Centenary
4
Reading, Thinking, and Expressing at the Critical Moment: Commemorating the Centennial of the May Fourth Movement
Chen Ping-yuan
18
Two Intellectual Themes of the May Fourth Movement
Wang Fan-sen
32
Modern Chinese Literature: The Paradox of Tradition and Modernity
Lee Ou-fan Leo
Research Articles
49
The Formation of the Concept of Sovereignty in Modern China: A Digital Humanistic Research
Jin Guan-tao, Liu Qing-feng, Chiu Wei-yun
68
The Failure of Social Contract: From the 1911 Revolution to the May Fourth Movement
Zhang Qian-fan
90
The May Fourth Movement in Rural China: Communication, Mobilization, and Nationalism
Bian Dong-lei
103
The New Literary Field of the May Fourth Movement and the Ideological Reorientation of Liu Bannong
Shao Dong
View on the World
125
Westernization and Modernization: Book Design in Republican China
Lau Man-ying
Book Reviews
134
Knowledge Resources and Reading Culture: A Review on Pan Kuang-che, In Search of Western Learning: A History of Reading in Late Qing China
(1833-1898)
Au Chi-kin
145
Text, Image, and Vision: A Review on Chen Jian-hua, A Profile of Trains in the Literary Writings during Late Qing and Republican China
Liu Jin-cai
153
An Alternative Interpretation of the May Fourth Movement: A Review on Chan Hok-yin, May Fourth in Hong Kong: Colonial Scenario, Nationalism and Localism
Shen Bo-wen
160
Tripartite Interactions
162
From the Editor’s Desk
