The Second Long March - Struggling Against Chinese Communists Under Republic of China Taiwan

This work, written by an expert in the politics of Mainland China and Taiwan, looks at the role the Constitution of the Republic of China has played in the development of Taiwan since 1949 and its potential influence on the People''s Republic of China. The Chinese Communists conducted the first long march for the sake of the majority of Chinese people, with the victory of MAO Zedong. In the second long march, CHIANG Kai-shek and his successors tried to convert the Chinese mainland from a Communist, totalitarian system, into a democratic, prosperous one by relying on the spirit of the Republic of China (ROC) constitution and by setting itself as a good example, in gradually guaranteeing freedom and democracy. Needless to say, this march is long and difficult. The Second Long March challenges other models and theories on the study of the relationship between the ROC (Taiwan area) and mainland China or the People''s Republic of China (PRC) since China became politically (as opposed to legally) divided in December 1949. Arguably, it is the ROC Constitution that has helped ROC citizens to live in a non-Communist or anti-Communist political system. Actively promoting democracy and freedom on the Chinese mainland (neidi) can further guarantee the Taiwan area''s survival. The book will provide valuable scholarship of interest to anyone researching the political history of China and its prospects for democratization.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kien-Hong YU, Peter Kien Yu, Peter Kien-hong Yu
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2009
• EAN: 9780826430106
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-3010-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; China, Taiwan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political science and theory, Constitutional and administrative law: general