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Download full textLiu, Guohau – 1998
The traditional Chinese language held no term corresponding to the western idea of democracy. In the Confucian tradition the emphasis was entirely on people's obligations to society and the country, not on rights. The idea of democracy was brought to China early in the 20th century. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of Chinese "bourgeois…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Democracy, Developing Nations
