Manchu Sinicization: Doubts on the Ethnic Perspective of New Qing History

EDITOR' ABSTRACTZhang Jian believes that an all too narrow definition of the word sinicization by New Qing historians has created a conflict where there is none, namely, between Manchu sinicization, properly understood, on the one hand, and Manchu ethnic identity on the other. Zhang argues that tensions can be seen as the result of sociopolitical class-based differences between officials and citizens.