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East Wind - China and the British Left, 1925-1976 (Hardcover, New)
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East Wind - China and the British Left, 1925-1976 (Hardcover, New)
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East Wind offers the first complete, archive-based account of the
relationship between China and the British Left, from the rise of
modern Chinese nationalism to the death of Mao Tse tung. Beginning
with the "Hands Off China" movement of the mid-1920s, Tom Buchanan
charts the mobilisation of British opinion in defence of China
against Japanese aggression, 1931-1945, and the role of the British
left in relations with the People's Republic of China after 1949.
He shows how this relationship was placed under stress by the
growing unpredictability of Communist China, above all by the
Sino-Soviet dispute and the Cultural Revolution, which meant that
by the 1960s China was actively supported only by a dwindling group
of enthusiasts. The impact of the suppression of the student
protests in Tiananmen Square (June 1989) is addressed as an
epilogue. East Wind argues that the significance of the left's
relationship with China has been unjustly overlooked. There were
many occasions, such as the mid-1920s, the late 1930s and the early
1950s, when China demanded the full attention of the British left.
It also argues that there is nothing new in the current fascination
with China's emergence as an economic power. Throughout these
decades the British left was aware of the immense, unrealised
potential of the Chinese economy, and of how China's economic
growth could transform the world. In addition to analysing the role
of the political parties and pressure groups of the left, Buchanan
sheds new light on the activities of many well-known figures in
support of China, including intellectuals such as Bertrand Russell,
R H Tawney and Joseph Needham. Many other interesting stories
emerge, concerning less well-known figures, which show the
complexity of personal links between Britain and China during the
twentieth century.
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