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In Search of Chinese Democracy

Civil Opposition in Nationalist China, 1929-1949

By: Edmund S.K. Fung, William Kirby (Editor)

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Paperback | 28 February 2006

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Why modern China has been unable to institutionalize democracy is a long-standing topic of debate and the ultimate subject of this book. The greatest momentum for democracy, Edmund Fung contends, emerged between 1929 and 1949 with civil opposition to the one-party rule of the Guomindang. This analysis of China's liberal intellectuals and political activists who pursued democracy in the 1930s and 1940s, fills a gap in the historical literature on the period between May Fourth Radicalism and the Chinese Communists' accession to power. Fung argues that the reasons the growth of democracy was thwarted during this period were ultimately more political than cultural. The Nationalist era contained the germs of a reformist, liberal order, which was prevented from growing by party politics, a lack of regime leadership, and bad strategic decisions. The legacy of China's liberal thinkers can be seen, however, in the pro-democracy movement of the post-Mao period.

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"This book by Edmund S. K. Fung builds on Andrew J. Nathan's Chinese Democracy (1986) with a fascinating history of liberal and democratic thought in the 1930s and 1940s, combined with a detailed study of the various democratic parties and institutions of the period...The book begins with an excellent introduction to the period...This book is at its best as a work of intellectual history...As a major contribution to our understanding of democracy in twentieth century China, it should be of interest to political scientists as much as to historians." American Historical Review "The book, on the whole, is well written and clear...In sum, this is an extremely interesting study of the 'hitherto little-known story'...It is a tour de force, a truly impressive piece of scholarship." The China Journal

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Introduction
The Dictatorial Regime
The nature of the Najing regime
Sun Yat-sen's conception of political tutelage
Sun Yat-sen's democratic thought
The legacy of Sun Yat-sen's thought
The dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek and constitution-making
Conclusion
Setting the Opposition Agenda
The issue of human rights, 1929-31
Hu Shi's opening salvo
Luo Longji's conception of human rights
Central concerns of the human rights group
Democracy and expertocracy
Conclusion
The National Emergency 1932-36
Political and intellectual responses
The National Emergency conference
A critique of Wang Jingwei's views on political tutelage
Sun Fo's reformist views
The advocacy of neo-dictatorship
Conclusion
In Defense of 1933-36
Hu Shi's 'Kindergarten politics'
Zhang Xirou's defense of liberal values
Other pro-democracy views
Democratization within the framework of political tutelage
Are democracy and dictatorship mutually exclusive
Revisionist democracy
Conclusion; Part V. Wartime Politics
The people's political council, 1938-45
The MPGs on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War
Formation of the people's political council
The early phase of the PPC
The early phase of the PPC
Renewed push for constitutionalism
Evaluation of the PPC
Wartime Democratic Thought
The GMD's wartime democratic rhetoric
The CCP's new democracy
The democratic thoughts of the MPG's and the Independents
Understanding democracy
Conclusion
The Third Force Movement
The Chinese Democratic League, 1941-45
Formation of the Democratic league
Organization and leadership
Views on democracy and the political platform
Relations with the CCP and the GMD
Mediation and opposition to Civil War
Conclusion
'Peace, Democracy, and Unification', 1946
The political consultative conference
The PCCs ultimate failure
The notion of coalition government
Mediation of the third force
Reflections on the third force peace efforts
The Last Stand of Chinese Liberalism
The post-war pro-democracy setting
The third force revisited
Where are the liberals headed?
The liberal-equality debate
The Socialism-democracy relationship
The fate of civil opposition
Conclusion
Conclusion
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