Institutional Genes: Origins of China's Institutions and Totalitarianism Zhang Yihe Taking the partitions of British

Taking the partitions of British India rather than the two world wars as the century’s inflection points

On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945

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Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes

finds herself completely ostracized

Institutional Genes: Origins of China's Institutions and Totalitarianism Zhang Yihe Taking the partitions of BritishThis book explores the origins and evolution of China's institutions and communist totalitarianism in general. Contemporary China's fundamental institution is communist totalitarianism. Introducing the concept of institutional genes (IGs), the book examines how the IGs institutional genes of Soviet Russia merged with those of the Chinese imperial system, creating a durable totalitarian regime with Chinese characteristics Regionally Administered