Dream of Dragon Flag: A Chronicle of the Beiyang Navy in the Late Qing Dynasty

Author: Zhou Yuexing, Huang Chuanhui
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: The Dragon Flag was the military flag of the Beiyang Navy in the late Qing Dynasty. In the 1880s and 1890s, under the Dragon Flag, there once gathered a modernized naval military force with a total strength ranking fourth in the world and first in Asia—the Beiyang Navy. The construction of this army spanned decades, but from its formation to its destruction, it was merely a few years. As for the final naval battle, it lasted only five and a half hours. The history of the Beiyang Navy is a microcosm of modern China; the tragedy of the Dragon Flag's dream being shattered is a tragedy of China's fate. The authors of this book are two naval writers who, after more than ten years of meticulous historical research and arduous literary creation, have written this lengthy historical ( means "historical record" or " novel") with detailed historical materials, vivid descriptions, grand structure, and profound arguments. It not only authentically recreates the historical panorama of the Beiyang Navy from its formation, planning, development, and ultimate battle to its destruction but also raises numerous thought-provoking, infuriating, and awakening questions, holding special significance for interpreting history and reflecting on the present.