This is for my political science class, Rise of China.
From the May 4th Movement (1919) all the way through the death of Mao (1976), China was effectively a nation in revolution. The old dynastic order was overthrown, the era of foreign domination and “unequal treaties” was put to rest, a new republic was established, and the whole of society was swept up in wave after wave of intense political mobilization. In many ways, the results of this period were ambiguous. Those who lived through it often remember it with a complicated combination of astonishment, horror, nostalgia, and pride. Here is the question. Do you think that this revolutionary legacy makes it harder or easier for the Chinese government today both to put off democratization and to justify that postponement to its citizens? Why or why not?
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