'A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely gentle, so temperate, king, courteous, restrained, and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.'1 - Mao Zedong         China: a land which is as delicate as the pottery that carries its name, and a land that has been ravaged by the …showed first 75 words of 4570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4570 total…York: American Heritage Publishing, 1970). 3 Ibid. 4 Carl Posey. 'The Demigod of the Communist Revolution,' Times 4 Nov. 1996: 41. 5 Nacy F. Sizer. China: Tradition and Change (New York: Longman, 1991) 128. 6 Ibid.: 129. 7 Ibid.: 131. 8 Sizer: 131. 9 Ibid.: 131. 10 Paul H. Clyde and Burton F. Beers. The Far East: A History of Western Impacts and Eastern Responses, 1830-1975, 6th ed. (New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, 1988) 447. 11 Sizer: 148. 12 Sizer: 154. 13 Clyde: 449. 14 Sizer: 155. 15 Clyde: 453. 16 Sizer: 158. 17 Clyde: 456. 18 James Walsh, 'A Time of Fury,' Times 13 May 1996: 21. 19 Sizer: 186. 20 Ibid.: 202.