![]() It's something I don't see covered often in the West, and Spence clearly admires much about Communism during its rise, before the party consolidated power. ![]() But I was particularly interested in the history of 20th century China, and the rise of Communism. ![]() Spence wrote his history in 1990, when Soviet regimes were turning away from Communism, and was clearly overoptimistic about the Chinese regime doing the same. And he also raises questions about whether Chinese Communism is yet another form of dynasty like the Ming and the Qing. But in the end it makes sense, because he draws parallels between the end of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Spence begins his history with the end of the Ming Dynasty and rise of the Qing Dynasty in 1644, a very long time ago. "Modern" China is a relative term, since it has a very long history. ![]() Spence and Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (2005), by Tony Just. I just finished The Search for Modern China (1990) by Jonathan D. I've been reading - or listening to - non-fiction recently. ![]()
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