Andy Levin tweeted the following:
"In particular, Ive been thinking about the Mandate of Heaven, a doctrine holding that an emperor had a continuing mandate to rule if their actions were effective and just."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Andy Levin:
"For folks who have studied Chinese history, its hard not to make connections between these authoritarian times and the many centuries of dynastic rule in China."Read on Twitter
"Some place the events in historical context, but they only go back to the 1989 democracy movement, or at most turbulence under Mao."Read on Twitter
"I read whatever I can find about Chinas recent wave of protests. Many articles, like this one, talk about problems deeper than COVID lockdowns behind the protests. nytimes.com/2022/12/09/bus"Read on Twitter
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