The rise of nationalism in China?

Answer: Chinese nationalism as it emerged in the early 20th century was based on the experience of European nationalism as viewed and interpreted by Sun Yat-sen. Chinese nationalism was based in the long historic tradition of China as the center of the world. The goals of nationalism were achieved by building a strong national republican government that overpowered the provincial warlords, and sharply reduced special privileges for foreigners. Chinese nationalism has drawn from extremely diverse ideological sources which includes traditional Chinese thinking, American progressivism, Marxism and Russian ethnological thought. Even though Chinese nationalists have agreed on the desirability of a centralized Chinese state.

Chinese nationalism is the form of nationalism in China which asserts that the people of China are a nation and promotes the cultural and national unity of the Chinese. Chinese nationalism emerged in the last years of the Qing Dynasty in response to the humiliation suffered from the defeat in the first Sino-Japanese war and the invasion and pillaging of Beijing by eight nations who were stopping the attacks on foreigners by the Boxer rebellion of 1900. The aftermath of both included massive financial reparation and special privileges granted to foreigners.