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Iran-China Relations: The Imagined Community of Asian Constitutional States

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This episode is part one of a two-part conversation with Dr. William Figueroa about his article for the Iran 1400 Project entitled “Constitutionalism Across Asia: Iran and China.” Sydney Martin and Dr. Figueroa discuss the influence of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution on Chinese elites and the impact of pan-Asian and anti-colonial sentiment on Iran, China, and greater Asia. Dr. Figueroa provides background on the Chinese constitutional revolution, pointing out the similarities between it and Iran. He details how technological advancements such as the first large-scale international telegraph network allowed people to keep up with world events and highlights the imagined global community of Asian constitutional states. 

  • Constitutionalism Across Asia: Iran and China: https://iran1400.org/discover/constitutionalism-across-asia-iran-and-china/
  • William Figueroa's dissertation: China and the Iranian Left: Transnational Networks of Social, Cultural, and Ideological Exchange, 1905–1979

    • Other papers by Dr. William Figueroa:

    • Performative Diplomacy: Iran–Republic of China Relations, 1920–1949
    • China and the Iranian Revolution: New Perspectives on Sino-Iranian Relations, 1965–1979

      • Follow Dr. Figueroa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IranChinaGuy

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