Plato Goes to China

This book examines the ways in which Chinese nationalist thinkers have utilized Greek classical texts, particularly in the context of China's modernization and political shifts.

It highlights two distinct waves of engagement with these texts: one during the early twentieth century and another following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.

The book explores how figures like Plato and Aristotle have been interpreted to support or critique Western democracy and the Chinese socialist system.