Chinese Witness

The dawn of the 20th century changed the world irreversibly. In those days, the two sick men of the East, the Ottoman Empire and Chinas Qing Dynasty, were each facing a major crisis. Kang Youwei, a prominent Chinese philosopher and reformer, arrived in the Ottoman capital in 1908. His work reflects how the Ottoman Empire was viewed from a Chinese philosophers inimitable perspective. This book comprises a full translation of Kang Youweis unique travelogue of the Ottoman Empire during the Young Turk Revolution of 1908.

Zorile secolului XX au schimbat lumea ireversibil. In acele vremuri, cei doi oameni bolnavi din Est, Imperiul Otoman si Dinastia Qing Chinas, se confruntau fiecare cu o criza majora.