| The two Revolutions the French and Cultural were reactions to events in the country but thats about all they had in common. The French Revolution was a reaction to extremely poor practices by the French ruling class. If you study China's history you will see numerous times where popular uprisings dethroned an Emperor because the leadership was disasterous and abused the people while bankrupting the country. The 1949 revolution in China was similiar in that regard. The Cultural Revolution was actually a counter revolution against liberal policies and the communist party that Mao believed was out of control. The net result was ten years of Chaos and a confirmation that the policies that the cultural revolution was unleashed on were in fact the correct ones that once fully implemented created the China that exists today. It was not a movement to create freedom or demoracy it was in fact the reverse. There is an excellent video series called " China 100 years of revolution" documenting the history of China in the 29th century. The thing to note about the French Revolution is it accomplished absolutely nothing but lead to mass suffering for France and Europe over the following thirty years. The french revolution did not create democracy or greater freedom. It led to the rise of Napoleon and a replacement by the King with a Dictator that plunged Europe into 20 years of war killing countless millions of people. Napoleon was replaced back by the King. France did not actually see a democracy till the fall of Napoleon III in 1870 almost a hundred years after the revolution. It took WWI to actually end most of the old european monarchies. As for mitko's comments. The Olympics are intended to be a politically neutral event to celebrate the best in sports and bring people closer together. There have been protests in many countries about Tibet but the governments in those countries maintained control of the events and allowed the torch to pass on. Watching french citizens attack a women in a wheel chair to disrupt an event that is supposed to be politically neutral rightfully should anger the Chinese people and vilify the individuals involved. The incident did little to help the cause of Tibet and much to damage the prestige of the French in China for their inability to control things. An apology is the least they could have offered. |
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