Crab and Frog Motion Paradigm Shift: Decoding and Deciphering Taipei and Beijing's Dialectical Politics

By Peter Kien-hong Yu and Peter Kien-hong Yu National Quemoy University

In Crab and Frog Motion Paradigm Shift, Peter Kien-hong Yu presents a dialectical approach to the study of Chinese (Communist) politics. Yu demonstrates that the application of non-dialectical approaches to the study of Chinese politics over the last eighty years is misguided, due to ample evidence showing that Chinese political figures made use of a particular version of dialectics in their thought and actions. Through case studies, Yu demonstrates that the perception of reality, in terms of dialectics and non-dialectics, makes a striking difference to political analysis, and shows that this framework of thought and action can be applied to any case, word, number, letter, or symbol. This book was awarded a grant by the East Asian Research Institute (U.S.) October 2001.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761821503
• ISBN13: 9780761821502
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.1" x 8.3"