Where the study of Chinese law was once a niche area, populated by a fascinating but small cast of characters who battled against those who thought that the subject represented an oxymoron, now there is intense interest from many quarters. ... Yet a problem that struck me in 1975 when I first began studying China remains relevant today. ... Of course one's view was deeply prejudiced by one's position vis-à-vis the Cold War, one's feelings about Chairman Mao 毛主席 and the Little Red Book 毛主席語錄, one's reaction to the Tiananmen Square Incident 六四運動, and...

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So, many studies of the two begin with 1949, as if the events preceding were the history of some third country. ... While the "alternative- authors rather unique arguments lend themselves to point-by-point analysis and criticism, let us rap up the "big picture- of why the CCP won the civil war, as offered by the major "traditional- explanations "the incompetence and repressiveness of the KMT. ... One of many problems with the "traditional- explanation is that if people bought into the revolution because it was meant to be "liberating,"" than how does one explain the post-war atrocities ...

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Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? ... This sphere of interest became more specific and eventually led to a study of inconsistencies regarding historical justifications of Khrushchev's dismissal of war hero Marshall Zhukov. ... Consequently, this subject was dropped in favour of studying the history of the Chinese Communist Party, as it was an area which I was keen to learn about, overlapped in many places with Soviet history and had a relatively large amoun...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate