Politics: East Asia
Contents
Workgroup 1 – 21-9................................................................................................................................2
Workgroup 2 – 12-10..............................................................................................................................3
Workgroup 3 – 9-11................................................................................................................................5
Workgroup 4 – 30-11..............................................................................................................................7
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, Workgroup 1 – 21-9
South china morning post and the straits times and global times
Watch literature review video
Deadline: tutorial guidelines 11-12-2020
Look at who the people are that you are reading
Neither Zhangrun and Weiwei advocate for adopting a western-style liberal democracy
- Zhangrun is a legal scholar
- Weiwei is a chinese professor in international relations
Liu Xiao Bo won a Nobel peace prize (democracy advocate)
Weiwei only uses the US as an example of democracy
What is democracy?
Democratic systems are very different from each other
Democracy is not a universally applicable value just like communism
But the value behind democracy (governing a country for the people) might be universally applicable
Any political system has its limitations/dangers when it is not properly maintained
Zhang Weiwei’s plea against democracy is grounded in Marxist thinking
Zhang Weiwei argued that china already tried democracy in 1911-1912 but that is not true
(warlordism, Yuan Shekai)
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Contents
Workgroup 1 – 21-9................................................................................................................................2
Workgroup 2 – 12-10..............................................................................................................................3
Workgroup 3 – 9-11................................................................................................................................5
Workgroup 4 – 30-11..............................................................................................................................7
1
, Workgroup 1 – 21-9
South china morning post and the straits times and global times
Watch literature review video
Deadline: tutorial guidelines 11-12-2020
Look at who the people are that you are reading
Neither Zhangrun and Weiwei advocate for adopting a western-style liberal democracy
- Zhangrun is a legal scholar
- Weiwei is a chinese professor in international relations
Liu Xiao Bo won a Nobel peace prize (democracy advocate)
Weiwei only uses the US as an example of democracy
What is democracy?
Democratic systems are very different from each other
Democracy is not a universally applicable value just like communism
But the value behind democracy (governing a country for the people) might be universally applicable
Any political system has its limitations/dangers when it is not properly maintained
Zhang Weiwei’s plea against democracy is grounded in Marxist thinking
Zhang Weiwei argued that china already tried democracy in 1911-1912 but that is not true
(warlordism, Yuan Shekai)
2
