Introduction 1
A historiographical review of CMCS history 2
A theoretical review of CMCS history 11
Overview 17
PART Ⅰ The decline of China and the rise of the CMCS, 1895-1927 19
1 Late Qing reforms 21
2 China's Supreme Minister of Finance, 1912-27 41
Northern warlords and Beijing politics 43
Canton revolutionaries and anti-imperialism 53
3 Chinese staff and the Customs College, 1908-29 62
PART Ⅱ Mutual benefits 73
4 Coup d'etat, 1927-9 75
5 Cooperation with the Nationalists, 1929-37 89
Reconciliation with the Nationalists 89
Internal revolts and foreign invasion 95
Chinese staff and equality 104
6 The sole recruiting ground, 1929-37 111
PART Ⅲ Wars, retreats and continuity 119
7 The Inspectorate in isolated Shanghai, 1937-45 121
British IG and Japanese Chief Secretary 121
Integrity versus collaboration 127
8 The re-establishment of the CMCS, 1941-9 135
Struggle and survival in Chongqing 136
Collapse with the Nationalists 142
9 Transformation to a training institute, 1937-49 153
PART Ⅳ Decline in the two Chinese states 159
10 The reorganisation in continuous revolution 161
11 The remaking of the CMCS in Taiwan 170
The lastforeign IG's final days 170
Continuity in Nationalist Taiwan 176
Conclusion 183
Notes 191
Bibliography 219
Primary source materials 219
Primary studies 221
Secondary studies 222
Index 231