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Peaceful Evolution in China and the World Wide Web: Part I, Two Democracies?

Clearly, there are relationships between globalism, the rise of the World Wide Web, and what we might loosely call democracy. Unfortunately, none of these relationships are really clear. Having studied both China and the World Wide Web for some years, I try to clarify those relationships here. Continue reading

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Peaceful Evolution in China and the World Wide Web: Part II, Factionalism and Democracy

Here we argue that because the Chinese system contains an element also common to the American one, factionalism, it will inevitably evolve under the impact of the Internet to become more democratic in practice. However, it will not necessarily become more similar to the American system. Continue reading

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Peaceful Evolution in China and the WWW: Part III, China’s Emerging Leadership

Factionalism in Chinese leadership and its possible impacts on Chinese democracy and their relationship to the World Wide Web Continue reading

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Peaceful Evolution in China and the World Wide Web. Part IV: The Internet as the Bulwark of Chinese Democracy?

This is the fourth and concluding piece in a series, “Peaceful Evolution in China and the World Wide Web”. We argue here that important changes are occurring in China, and that due in large part to the Internet as a conduit for Chinese popular voices, democratic interests will be much strengthened in this new era. Continue reading

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95th Anniversary of May 4, 1919 (五四运动)

The date May 4 is an important anniversary in every modern Chinese society. It was marked in 1919 by a march in Bejing by students and patriots outraged by the results of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the First World War. From that day forward Chinese nationalism would always be informed by the May 4th Movement which became a wider demand for modern Chinese government and radical changes in traditional Chinese culture. Continue reading

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Why China Particularly Distrusts the United States: The Late 20th Century

Here I discuss the history of Sino-American relations in the 20th century, stopping short of the very recent past… Continue reading

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Why Many Chinese Distrust the West: The 18th,19th, and early 20th Centuries

I am arguing here that the Chinese as a culture have a very distinctive view of the nature and the purpose of “History” with a capital H, and that there is much in the history of their relations with the West, particularly with the U.S., to cause any reasonable individual or group of individuals to be easily alarmed or suspicious. Continue reading

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Why some Chinese do not like us: The Problem

An introduction to a series of posts on some of the underlying sources of tensions in Sino-American relations which relate to public attitudes in each country… Continue reading

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Has the world order changed???

But I am quite certain that some very important things have changed, if only because the Chinese think that they have; but our American consciousness is very slow to change. I fear a real turmoil is inevitable as the rising nationalism of at least some Chinese collides once again with our complacent American beliefs that, by God—our God—we know what is best for Chinese youth, for Chinese minorities, and for the World Order. Continue reading

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Guangxi links up

Changes in Guangxi A.R. since I have been travelling and working there… Continue reading

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