The Succession and Generational Change
The winds of change are blowing in Communist China. Turbulence is not, of course, something new. In fact, Peking’s leaders view the essence of the revolutionary process as being “like the waves of the sea,” an inevitable succession of contrasting periods, alternately calm and turbulent. But what is...
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Published in | China After Mao p. 69 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Princeton University Press
08.12.2015
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Summary: | The winds of change are blowing in Communist China. Turbulence is not, of course, something new. In fact, Peking’s leaders view the essence of the revolutionary process as being “like the waves of the sea,” an inevitable succession of contrasting periods, alternately calm and turbulent. But what is now taking place is more than simply a repetition of past up-heavals, and the Chinese Communists themselves seem to realize that the current turbulence marks the start of a new stage in the Chinese revolution, one different from any they have experienced in the past. In a basic sense they will soon |
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ISBN: | 0691623465 9780691623467 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400874606-004 |