# What Nationalism and Patriotism means in With the Empress Dowager of China

> The Empress Dowager's concern for China's welfare, her anxiety over foreign threats, and her efforts to balance reform with tradition reflect a deep sense of national pride and the burdens of leadership.

## Explanation

The Empress Dowager's concern for China's welfare, her anxiety over foreign threats, and her efforts to balance reform with tradition reflect a deep sense of national pride and the burdens of leadership.

The Empress Dowager's strong national feeling and love for her country, as noted by Carl.

The endnotes discuss the Boxer movement as an awakening of Chinese patriotism.

Nationalism and Patriotism is one of the patterns With the Empress Dowager of China by Katharine A. Carl returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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