{"title":"China and the Democratic Way","authors":"A. Hummel","doi":"10.2307/40219054","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"HAVE often been told that the Chinese in their present epic struggle are fighting the battle of the democracies. Though most Americans concur in this statement they are not likely to agree on the sense in which it is to be understood or what qualifications, if any, are necessary. What has this ancient, loosely-organized state in common with us? What values in their culture are they fighting to preserve, which at the same time are relevant to us? Are there substantial","PeriodicalId":44462,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN SCHOLAR","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1942-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AMERICAN SCHOLAR","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/40219054","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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HAVE often been told that the Chinese in their present epic struggle are fighting the battle of the democracies. Though most Americans concur in this statement they are not likely to agree on the sense in which it is to be understood or what qualifications, if any, are necessary. What has this ancient, loosely-organized state in common with us? What values in their culture are they fighting to preserve, which at the same time are relevant to us? Are there substantial