Jan Kiely is associate professor of Chinese studies and associate director of the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He lives in Hong Kong.
'Jan Kiely, an American sinologist based at the Chinese University
of Hong Kong, shows with admirable clarity that the notion of
thought reform, or ganhua, occupied the minds and goals of
late Qing dynasty reformers, Japanese penologists, progressive
prison wardens during the Republic, Chiang Kai-shek and his son
Ching-kuo, Buddhists and of course Mao Zedong even before he came
to national power.' —Jonathan Mirsky, THES.
*THES*
“The Compelling Ideal is a thoughtful, rigorously researched, and
meticulously detailed investigation into early twentieth-century
Chinese penal reform, from the last decade of the Qing dynasty to
the formative years of the People’s Republic of China.”—Journal of
Asian Studies
*Journal of Asian Studies*
"This is a solid and well-researched study of techniques of
re-education and thought reform in Chinese penal institutions in
the first half of the twentieth century."—Klaus Muhlhahn, American
Historical Review
*American Historical Review*
"...one cannot fail to be impressed by the beautifully crafted deep
history his book provides. Readers wishing to understand the
historical context within which Maoist thought reform later evolved
will find this book to be indispensable." —Aminda
Smith, China Quarterly Review
*China Quarterly Review*
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