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other events and topics in history. After reading The Origins of Chinese Communism the reader should be well informed about a number of things regarding how Chinese Communism got
its start. Yet, Dirlik suggests that it was something that emerged from the Comintern, and then, eventually, with the introduction of Marxism, communism would be implemented. The rest, as they
say, is history. Yet, the author provides a sense that without a certain a mount of applicable literature, and without the structure that would emerge at the time, there would
have been chaos. Perhaps China would not have become communist if it were not for the writings that emerged during the period, or it might be the case that things
would have occurred in a dramatically different way with the same end. What should also be noted is that Dirliks view is at odds with the general thinking on this
issue. The author provides his central thesis as follows: "Viewed from contemporary perspective, the immediate question pertinent to understanding ideological developments in the May Fourth period concerns not Marxism alone,
but the immense (and sudden) interest in socialism in general" (Dirlik 8). The author continues and notes that the perspective de-emphasizes the idea that China was extremely influenced by Russia
and that instead, China was mostly influenced by a movement towards socialism (Dirlik 8). The author backs up his claim by demonstrating that Marxist literature was scant at best, and
also that there was a great deal of other literature around at the time. The central problem of the book then is how China came to be communist. What were
its influences? In investigating the literature, Dirlik is able to provide some information on how Communist China evolved, and it is not really what many people have come to think.
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