Power of Freedom

Dr. Hu Shih (1891–1962) was one of China’s top scholars and diplomats and served as the Republic of China’s ambassador to the United States during World War II. As early as 1941, Hu Shih warned of the fundamental ideological conflict between dictatorial totalitarianism and democratic systems, a vie...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-926642025-08-13T13:42:42Z Power of Freedom Chou, Chih-Ping Lin, Carlos Hu Shih, Cold War, Word World Two WWII, U.S.-China relations, Chinese Communism, Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism, Freedom of speech, Democracy, Democratic alliance, World government, League of Nations, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Diplomatic history, Comparative politics, Sino-American relations, Western political thought, Political theory, International relations, International politics, May Fourth movement, May Fourth new culture movement, Chinese tradition, Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist government, Kuomintang KMT, Chinese Communist Party CCP, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Second Sino-Japanese War, Resistance War, Free China, Manchuria, Mukden Incident, exile thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations Dr. Hu Shih (1891–1962) was one of China’s top scholars and diplomats and served as the Republic of China’s ambassador to the United States during World War II. As early as 1941, Hu Shih warned of the fundamental ideological conflict between dictatorial totalitarianism and democratic systems, a view that later became the foundation of the Cold War narrative. In the 1950s, after Mao’s authoritarian regime was established, Hu Shih started to analyze the development and nature of Communism, delivering a series of lectures and addresses to reveal what he called Stalin’s “grand strategy” for facilitating the International Communist Movement. For decades—and today to a certain extent—Hu Shih’s political writings were considered sensitive and even dangerous. As a strident critic of the Chinese Communist Party’s oligarchical practices, he was targeted by the CCP in a concerted national campaign to smear his reputation, cast aspersions on his writings, and generally destroy any possible influence he might have in China. This volume brings together a collection of Hu Shih’s most important, mostly unpublished, English-language speeches, interviews, and commentaries on international politics, China-U.S. relations, and the International Communist Movement. Taken together, these works provide an insider’s perspective on Sino-American relations and the development of the International Communist Movement over the course of the 20th century. 2022-10-14T04:05:46Z 2022-10-14T04:05:46Z 2022-10-13T13:29:32Z 2022 book OCN: 1341297855 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58606 9780472075263 9780472055265 9780472220014 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92664 eng China Understandings Today open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58606/1/9780472903610.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58606/1/9780472903610.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/58606/1/9780472903610.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12258711 10.3998/mpub.12258711 b7359529-e5f7-4510-a59f-d7dafa1d4d17 9780472075263 9780472055265 9780472220014 368 open access
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