Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Let One Hundred Thoughts Contend: Political Science with Chinese Characteristics

Abstract

The development of Chinese political science was not a relatively neat and tidy event. It was profoundly impacted by two revolutions, war,

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“…Furthermore, there were divisions created by the perceived incompatibility between Confucian philosophy and Western industrialisation. The desire to develop and strengthen China against military powers forced China's leaders to adopt Western weapons and technology, which led to a social division between reformists and traditionalists, with both groups attempting to re-negotiate the boundaries of both philosophies in order to promote development without accepting the associated Western value system (Taylor, 2013).…”