Duan Jinsheng 
Product of Zhonghua Book Company – Academic and Current Situation 
Frontier Research in the Republic of China

The study of frontier history and geography in China has a long history, but the research of modern significance started from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, and developed to the 1930s and 1940s. Influenced by the ethnic crisis and the internal development logic of the theory, the frontier research has been widely concerned by Chinese people. The words "frontier" and "frontier politics" have been published in newspapers, and the concepts of "frontier science" and "frontier politics" in the sense of discipline have been put forward one after another. The evolution of frontier studies has a complex development process, which reflects the internal close relationship between the changes of social and political forms and academic thoughts in modern China, and can also provide enlightenment for the construction of contemporary frontier studies. This book is a masterpiece on the construction of frontier studies in the Republic of China in recent years. It is recommended by Wang Chaoguang and Li Dalong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From the overall perspective of academic history, the author investigates the frontier research in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and firmly grasps the outstanding feature of "interweaving between academic and current situation" in the development process of modern frontier history research, expounds the connotation change of modern frontier research, and according to the development sequence of time and regional characteristics. The author studies the frontier research of the Republic of China in terms of academic and time. The overall appearance and different aspects of potential are discussed. In addition, the author also discusses Wu Qichang”s thought and path of frontier politics research in order to show the important influence of the current situation on the academic thought of the characters. It can be said that this book has a rigorous structure and sufficient argumentation, presenting the complexity and comprehensive aspects of the frontier research of the Republic of China in a dynamic and three-dimensional way.