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Zoe Baker article on He-Yin Zhen: https://anarchopac.com/2021/02/14/the...



Anarchism is political philosophy grounded in opposition to heirarchy and state authority, which has its origins in 19th century Europe, co-evolving with ideologies like Marxism. These kinds of radical politics were all coming up in the same circles, and while Anarchism and Communism aren't interchangeable terms, there's a very high degree of overlap. The Self Strengthening movement in China, when you had this growing revolutionary Republican sentiment, saw the groundwork laid for the rise of Anarchism in China. Two groups of Anarchists based in Tokyo and Paris created their own unique strains of Anarchism, and would heavily influence political thought in China, with even non-Anarchists like Wang Jingwei, Mao Zedong, and possibly Sun Yat-Sen being influenced by the ideology. However, the Anarchists of both of these groups ultimately ended up working with a number of Right-Wing Authoritarian factions, in sharp contradiction to their ultimate values. How can we explain this?