Why China Leaders Fear Looking in the 1911 Mirror

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David Pilling, Why China Leaders Fear Looking in the 1911 Mirror; Having come to power by virtue of two revolutions, the party wants the idea of overthrows consigned to the dustbin of history. Financial Times, Oct 20, 2011 (column).
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3eecf4 ... f-00144feab49a.html
("The 1911 revolution was not entirely democratic. Sun rejected the idea of a parliament and his term as president lasted just a few months before power was wrested from him and a period of warlordism ensued")

Note:
(a) I can not find anything about the Tokyo conferene.
(b)
(i) Chang Ping  长平

(ii) The article cites

Redefining Revolution; Chang Ping backs a redefinition of revolution as a new type of social movement taking root in China and other parts of the world that demands a change to society's power structure, not power for itself. South Morning China Post, Oct 15, 2011.
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/ ... ss=China&s=News
, which IS available to non-subscribers.

(c) It ain't over till the fat lady sings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain't_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings
(the last paragraph)
(d) The FT article also cites
Jonathan Fenby, China 1911: The Birth of China's Tragedy. China Today, Oct 2011.
http://www.historytoday.com/jona ... irth-chinas-tragedy

(i) LIU Fuji  劉 複基
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E5%BE%A9%E5%9F%BA
(10月9日，孫武炸彈事故後，劉復基晚與蔣翊武等在小朝街总指挥部開會主張當晚舉事，被聞訊趕來的清軍抓捕。蔣翊武逃脫。劉復基、彭楚藩、楊宏勝次日晨被斬首，臨刑時高呼口號。 當晚武昌起義發動)
(iii) PENG Chufan  彭 楚藩