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"X-Boorman presents an enhanced digital version of the Biographical Dictionary of Republican China edited by Howard L. Boorman in 1967-1971. The dictionary is no longer in print and hardly used in modern Chinese historical studies. It lost much of its luster and relevance with the emergence of internet resources. Yet, this is a work based on meticulous research that provides information that remains relevant today. X-Boorman proposes an exploration of this work beyond the individual biographies, through network analysis, mapping, graphs, with an interface that incorporates pinyin and Chinese."