The Origins of Chinese Social Revolutions

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Chinese / China, grade: "-", McGill University, language: English, abstract: Calling for public support and mobilization are generally considered taboo in authoritarian regimes. Yet, during the course of his February 1989 visit to Ukraine, Gorbachev (1931- ) appealed to his public supporters to help fight the ...