9/17/2023 0 Comments Fairbanks ward china![]() ![]() In 1947 Fairbank, citing declining support for the Nationalists and corruption and disunity in their ranks, predicted the communists would eventually prevail in China. ![]() During this time Fairbank served as a translator, gathered intelligence from locals and advised American military officers. Such was Fairbank’s knowledge of China that the United States government sent him there during World War II. In 1936 he returned to Harvard, introduced courses on Chinese history and became America’s foremost expert on the subject. He embarked on further study and research, including an examination of the recently opened Qing government archives. Fairbank travelled as a Rhodes scholar to Beijing, where he painstakingly taught himself to read and speak Chinese. By the late 1920s, he had developed an interest in Imperial and Republican China. ![]() John King Fairbank was America’s foremost historian of 20th century China, at a time when modern Asia was a niche study in American academia. An outstanding history student at Exeter Academy, Fairbank’s thesis explored the Russian Revolution, while his first choice of specialisation was British history. ![]()
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