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I The Chinese Brand of Democracy
Why was China Weak?
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I The Chinese Brand of Democracy
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Cosmic Harmony and Democracy
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II Democracy Put into Action
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A Regime Without Limits
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Democratic Authoritarianism
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II Democracy Put into Action
The Place of Dissidents
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Who Were the Dissidents?
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1989 Pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square.

Credit: Courtesy of Christus Rex and Redemptor Mundi

II Democracy Put into Action
Wei Jingsheng
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Wei Jingsheng, reading his defense at his 1979 trial for his involvement in Democracy Wall movement.

Courtesy of Human Rights in China/Marie Holzman

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Democracy Wall
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Chinese citizens reading "the Great Notice," the critical poster at Democracy Wall, 1979.

© Bettmann/CORBIS

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III The Chinese Vision of Political Reform
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The Tiananmen Vision
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Chinese dissident astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, 1989.

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III The Chinese Vision of Political Reform
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The Spirit of Democracy
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III The Chinese Vision of Political Reform
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The Soviet Model
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Stalin, FDR & Churchill in Teheran

Credit: National Archives Still Picture Branch, #NLR-PHOCO-A-48223715(107)

Clips about the Sino-Soviet relationship from Cold War-era American anti-Chinese propaganda film.

Archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives

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III The Chinese Vision of Political Reform
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The Constitutional Structure
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IV The Evolution of Chinese Constitutions
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Citizen's Rights and Duties
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V The Nature of Chinese Constitutions
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The Chinese Enthusiasm for Constitutions
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V The Nature of Chinese Constitutions
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Chinese Constitutions are a Program
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V The Nature of Chinese Constitutions
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From Backwardness to Development
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Scenes from Japanese invasion of China, 1939.

Credit: Archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives

Clip from 1944 film sposored by United China Relief, entitled Here is China.

Credit: Archival footage supplied by the Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org) in association with Prelinger Archives

The three-year-old Emperor of China, Pu Yi with his father, Prince Chun and a younger brother.

Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, #LC-USZ62-97149

Wang Dan and other student leaders, riding toward Tiananmen Square, Spring 1989.

Credit: Courtesy of Christus Rex and Redemptor Mundi

Crowds in Tiananmen Square hold People's Daily banner, spring 1989.

Credit: Courtesy of Christus Rex and Redemptor Mundi

Hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square, may 1989.

Credit: Courtesy of Christus Rex and Redemptor Mundi

Student protestors camped out in Tiananmen Square during the demonstrations in Spring 1989.

Credit: Courtesy of Christus Rex and Redemptor Mundi

Deng Xiaoping reviews the armed forces on the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1984.

Credit: AP/Wideworld Photos

1980's vintage houses in China, near Penglai City.

Credit: Courtesy of China Reconstructs magazine, February 1984

"Flatbread Girls" selling their wares on the streets of Shanghai in the 1980's.

Credit: Courtesy of Women of China magazine, March 1984

Children outside a daycare center in China, 1989

Credit: © Sean Sprague / Panos Pictures

Scene from Inner Mongolia, ca. 1989, with steelworks in background.

Credit: © Alain le Garsmeur/ Panos Pictures

Villagers crowd around an outdoor civil court in China, c. 1989.

Credit: © Gangfeng Wang / Panos Pictures

Beijing student reading pro-democracy statement to Chinese troops, 6/3/89

Credit: AP/Wideworld Photos

VI The Tiananmen Students and Democracy
How the World Understood the Students Demands
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Tiananmen Square demonstrators with Goddess of Democracy statue, 1989.

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VI The Tiananmen Students and Democracy
Globalization Outdates Chinese Politics
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Beijing financial district scene, 2001.

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