List of Illustrations and Tables . . ix 
Preface . . xi 

Introduction: From "Tank Man" to China's New Patriots . . 1
1. Historical Memory, Identity, and Politics . . 17 
2. Chosen Glory, Chosen Trauma . . 39 
3. From "All-Under-Heaven" to a Nation-State: National Humiliation and Nation Building . . 71 
4. From Victor to Victim: The Patriotic Education Campaign . . 95 
5. From Vanguard to Patriot: Reconstructing the Chinese Communist Party . . 119 
6. From Earthquake to Olympics: New Trauma, New Glory . . 143 
7. Itemory, Crises, and Foreign Relations . . 163 
8. Memory, Textbooks, and Sino-Japanese Reconciliation . . 203
9. Memory, Nationalism, and China's Rise . . 221 

Acknowledgments . . 243 
Notes . . 245 
Bibliography . . 267 
Index . . 279