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236. China and World War II (Part 2)

The Rest Is History

CHAPTER

The History of China Since the Second World War

The roots of much that we associate with the commonest regime in china emerges almost as a kind of inevitability from the war. It was the only way that both the communists and the nationalists could actually keep the show on the road, by imposing this sort of oppressive system of government. But i will, you know, say that historical inevitability is one of those things i'm always a little bit wary about.

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