Historian Wang Gungwu speaking at the launch of ThinkChina magazine. Photo: ThinkChina
Opinion
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How China chose a communist revolution over capitalism and rehabilitated the idea of reform
- The country’s youth had a choice in the early 20th century between two types of Western revolution, and eventually discovered a definition of their own
- As the People’s Republic turns 70, the idea of reform is favoured, but for centuries it was regarded as doomed to fail, says sinologist Wang Gungwu at the launch of ThinkChina magazine
Historian Wang Gungwu speaking at the launch of ThinkChina magazine. Photo: ThinkChina