• #People's republic of china
• #History of political thought
• #Politics and Public

This paper analyzes the concept of ‘modern state’ in the periodization of Chinese political thought history, evaluating the establishment of the Republic of China (1912) and the People's Republic of China (1949) as two milestones in Chinese modernization. The Republic of China is considered a ‘transient state oriented towards modernity,’ and China has not yet reached a unified nation-state, with the difference between ‘people’s state’ and ‘national state’ delaying the formation of a nation-state.