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Has China ever not been a totalitarian state?
by acjohnson55 9y ago
Has China ever not been a totalitarian state?
- mirimir 9y agoThere was some democracy in the late 1800s to early 1900s. But it didn't gel with the Confucian ethos. Stephenson's Diamond Age is actually pretty informative.
- kobeya 9y agoThis is incorrect. There was no period of Chinese democracy during that time.
- mirimir 9y ago1909 - Provincial Assembly elections 1912 - National Assembly elections
- kobeya 9y agoThe first was a last ditch effort by the Qing dynasty to retain power with the election of powerless feel-good provincial assemblies. Even if they had real authority, which they did not, only half a percent of the populace had franchise. Not a democracy by any means. The 1912 election was for the Nationalists upon overthrowing the imperial system. However China transitioned into a period of warlord rule immediately and the National Assembly never had any control over anything except in theory on paper until Taiwan transitioned to democracy in the 80’s and 90’s.
- mirimir 9y agoOK, thanks. So not really any broad democracy, ever.
- CamTin 9y agoThis is correct. Chinese Democracy was released in 2008. https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Democracy-Guns-N-Roses/dp/B0037BBKIK https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Democracy-Guns-N-Roses/dp/B00...