| Summary: | China has been through tremendous changes in the past thirty years. The
country not only experienced a drastic transformation in its socioeconomic
sphere, but also in its academic field. One of the most notable academic
movements is the on-going debate between China’s New Left scholars and the
Chinese liberals, which is developing alongside the deepening of reform in the
country. The New Left scholars argue that China must design an original
development path and to avoid excessive copying from the modernization model
in Western countries. They have identified many problems that occurred in the
society in recent years, which arguably resulted from the country’s rapid
development. This thesis aims to decode the two most prominent perspectives
from the New Left scholars – China’s revolutions and its economic reform.
To explicate their perspectives, I draw on the studies of New Left scholars
such as Wang Hui, Cui Zhiyuan and Gan Yang, as well as a few selected articles
from the liberal side of the debate. Through exploring the various publications,
this thesis has hopefully demonstrated a coherent clarification of the
still-blossoming new intellectual phenomenon. Furthermore, this thesis also aims
to alter the stereotypical discrimination against Leftism and its derivatives, as the
results have clearly shown that the New Left scholars are not anti-development
and in fact, they are calling for no more than an alternative modernization path for
the country. === published_or_final_version === Comparative Literature === Master === Master of Philosophy
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