Conceptions of Chinese Democracy : Reading Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo
Close attention to the writings of the founding fathers of the Republic of China on Taiwan shows that democracy is indeed compatible with Chinese culture.Conceptions of Chinese Democracy provides a coherent and critical introduction to the democratic thought of three fathers of modern Taiwan—Sun Yat...
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