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Democratizing Oriental Despotism

China from 4 May 1919 to 4 June 1989 and Taiwan from 28 February 1947 to 28 June 1990

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. C. L. Chiou

    1. University of Queensland, Australia
      National Science Council, Taiwan

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 1-6

  3. The May Fourth Movement, the KMT and the CCP

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 7-35

  4. Fang Lizhi and Yan Jiaqi

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 36-51

  5. The “River Elegy” and the 4 June Tiananmen Massacre

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 52-72

  6. The 28 February Uprising and the Opposition Movement

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 73-89

  7. Institutionalizing the Tangwai: The DPP

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 90-104

  8. The National Affairs Conference

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 105-138

  9. Two Diverging Political Systems

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 139-155

  10. Conclusion: Democratic Technology

    • C. L. Chiou
    Pages 156-158

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 159-178
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China and Taiwan have similar political cultures. However, Chinese intellectual and political elite have failed to democratize the Middle Kingdom since the 4 May 1919 Movement: whilst their Taiwanese counterpart succeeded in making the island state fairly democratic in just over four decades since the 28 February 1947 Uprising. After an examination of the approaches they applied, the author finds that the former have pursued a culturalist road by trying to change the psycho-cultural make-up of the Chinese people: whilst the latter followed an institutionalist one in which they tried to win elections and to set up political organizations, such as parties.

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  • University of Queensland, Australia

    C. L. Chiou

  • National Science Council, Taiwan

    C. L. Chiou

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