China, Nationalism and Revolution

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This essay discusses that the catalyst and driving force shaping China's revolution was nationalism. The writer maintains that this was far more important than the issues of socio-economic injustice. Further, the writer claims that the revolution in 1949 was not a social revolution but a national one. The essay argues that it was nationalism that led to the changes in China from the fall of the Empire to the 1949 Revolution.

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"Imperial China played an important role in history and politics of the Far East for almost two thousand years. It was notable in itself by the landmass it covered and the length of time it lasted. Over time, the Chinese developed an old and strong civilization with its unique culture and economic system. According to Lieberthal, it also had a "relatively modern bureaucratic structures of state administration and its explicit, detailed state ideology". Much of its history shaped and influenced the events that occurred in the 20th century."

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