Brilliant post by DavesgoneChina on Liang Qichao. Liang’s views on society, development, and race were major influences on 20th century Chinese thought and, as Dave ably argues, still play a role in the Chinese worldview.* Run, do not walk, to read. ————————*Not always in a positive way, either: Liang, aping western theorists of the time, famously wrote that brown and black-skinned peoples were morally and intellectually inferior to whites and, presumably, Chinese. Sadly, this racial ‘logic’ still lingers in the PRC.