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Chinese history repeats itself endlessly. Dominance is followed by weakness is followed by revolution. Chinese leadership is very aware of their history, yet is
by coldcode 6y ago
Chinese history repeats itself endlessly. Dominance is followed by weakness is followed by revolution. Chinese leadership is very aware of their history, yet is ultimately powerless to change it, but each generation thinks this time is different. Modern China is only 70 years old.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoNot sure if this is specific to China.
- fakedang 6y agoNot GP, but it is. Chinese believe that the govt has to have a heavenly mandate to rule over them, and that when they lose favour with the heavens, they end up in decline. And Chinese govts know fully well about the cyclical nature of government in the country. If you see recently, most of the moves by the CCP recently have been to advance the image of Xi as the modern equivalent of an emperor.
- actuator 6y agoHas any country remained strong for all its history in the last millenium? Look at Britain or the Dutch. They aren't weak as such but their influence is very less now.