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Jiang uses Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese invasion to illustrate that Chinese elites may treat peasant revolution as a deeper threat than foreign conquest because revolution overturns social hierarchy.
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Jiang uses Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese invasion to illustrate that Chinese elites may treat peasant revolution as a deeper threat than foreign conquest because revolution overturns social hierarchy.
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"Because, like, Japan, Korea, they're not really threats to China at this time. They're more afraid of internal revolution, okay? So that's where the..."
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"Why? The Japanese are a much more... are a much greater military threat, but they are not a threat to the social hierarchy. You..."
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"...course, the classic example of this is Mao Zedong versus Chiang Kai -shek."
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"...was a charismatic leader with a very strong organization. And Chiang Kai -shek, even though he had a huge army, even though he had..."
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"...had already conquered China's entire eastern seaboard, but the under Chiang Kai -shek refused to surrender. And he didn't have to surrender because he..."
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