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text-xl leading-8 sm:text-23">Salt and Light, Vol. 2</h2> <div class="prose prose-lg"> <p><span>These reformers made lasting contributions that shaped modern China and had a quiet but powerful influence on early twentieth-century civil society. </span></p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="flex w-full gap-3 sm:gap-8 flex-row md:max-w-[870px] mx-auto px-6"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/collections/salt-and-light-vol-3/"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/collections/salt-and-light-3-index.jpg?w=131&h=160&q=90&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1721672193&s=7b407c9185d107cfa681123e2057b9d9" width="131" height="160" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/collections/salt-and-light-3-index.jpg?w=131&h=160&q=90&fm=webp&fit=crop&dm=1721672193&s=62a3a1c579f6f2e6a68299bf0b226058" width="131" 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