Jottings from the Granite Studio

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.
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*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.