POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Hundred Flowers Campaign, Qing Dynasty, Cultural Revolution
11 Apr 2014
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China is anti liberal- democratic, capitalism model. Hegemonic of usa is beginning to come down. Rise of india and china while fall of united states of america. Premier wen jia bao: the people"s wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible . Serious discussion amongst party leaders for prospect reform. Daniel bell and chenyang li, october 9th 2013. Don"t assess china based on western liberal democratic norms. Perhaps in another two decades we will be discussing how chinese style meritocracy has provided an alternative (even a challenge) to western style democracy. Test of fukuyama"s end of history thesis. Cq: should governments of other countries critizise china for its. Hastened by the opium war (fought against england): british merchants were bringing into. China amounts of opium where many were becoming addicted; fights war against england and loses; british demand reparations (money spent for the war) In 1895 china engages in war with japan (treaty of shimonoseki)
