Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11991
TRAVELING HEAVY: THE INTELLECTUAL BAGGAGE OF THE CHINESE DIASPORA
In: Problems of communism, Band 40, Heft 1-2, S. 94-112
ISSN: 0032-941X
THE CHINESE INTELLECTUAL DIASPORA, WHICH HAS GROWN SINCE THE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE VIOLENCE, IS WRESTLING WITH FACTIONALISM AND A CRISIS OF MEANING HAUNTINGLY SIMILAR TO THE CRISIS THAT THEIR PREDECESSORS FACED 100 YEARS AGO. TODAY'S CHINESE INTELLECTUAL EXILES ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE A MAJOR ROLE IN THEIR COUNTRY'S POLITICAL LIFE UNLESS THE SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED.