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Ke Bowen is an author about whom little public information is currently available; only one work of his is included in the collection, Toward the "Final Moment": China under Japanese Aggression (1931–1937). Judging from this representative work, his writing draws on a crucial six-year period in the history of modern Sino-Japanese relations, focusing on the turning point at which Chinese society moved from patience and watchful waiting to resistance as Japanese aggression intensified step by step. The book is classified as a historical reader, and its approach tends toward sorting through historical sources and analyzing the trends of the era, seeking to present the choices made by various parties and shifts in public opinion amid a complex situation. Because the author's life, nationality, and educational background remain unclear, no reliable information is available to supplement his academic identity or standpoint; readers may instead focus on the book's account of Chinese politics and social attitudes between 1931 and 1937, and thereby understand the historical meaning of the idea of the "final moment."