The Long River Sets Sun (The Political Evolution of Modern China)

Author: Zou Mulu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The West is the birthplace of modern politics, and political science has become a topic of great interest to Westerners, with countless political science books available. In contrast, modern China, political science has been so unfamiliar to Chinese scholars. The vast ancient Chinese classics and modern academic masterpieces have only provided people with one after another of confusing and vague terms, and readers have also gained little except for some equally confusing terms. If the democratic system in developed Western countries has also gone through vicissitudes and has repeatedly deceived the masses as a false existence, then in modern China, it has also, without exception, fully demonstrated the deceptive nature of democracy. The 1911 Xinhai Revolution led the Chinese people to enter a democratic republic in an orderly manner, but as to what kind of republic it was, the Chinese at the time had no opportunity to deeply reflect on it. However, today we have the opportunity to experience the mixed emotions they felt at the time. This book is a reflection on the political culture of the 20th century. It puts forward the author's personal views on many important historical events and figures. Due to the immense difficulty and scale of this work, this book is merely a bold attempt.