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Article: French revolutionary studies in today's China.
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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In March 1989, at the Shanghai International Colloquium commemorating the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Professor Zhang Zhilian gave a brief and brilliant talk about the history of the Chinese historiography of the French Revolution. He said that it had three characteristics: late appearance (almost a century after the event took place), "take-overism" (borrowing a lot from the revolutionary historiography of other countries), and political utilitarianism (always trying to serve the current politics). After describing some improvements made during the decade following Mao's death and the fall of the "Gang of Four," Zhang stressed that it would be wrong to ...
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