Inside the Rise of Communist China: A Conversation with Frank Dikötter

Inside the Rise of Communist China: A Conversation with Frank Dikötter

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How did the Chinese Communist Party rise from obscurity to ruling China in less than three decades—and what does that journey tell us about the system it built?

Join the World Affairs Council and historian Frank Dikötter for a fresh examination of China’s Communist Revolution, based on his book Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity. Drawing on Party archives, Dikötter challenges the familiar narrative of a popular, grassroots uprising. Instead, he points to the decisive roles of coercion, organized violence, and sustained support from the Soviet Union in the CCP’s victory in 1949.

This conversation offers a clear, revisionist look at how the Party came to power—and why its origins still shape China’s political system today.

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Wednesday, February 25

5:30PM - 7:00PM

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K&L Gates LLP

925 4th Ave (Floor 29)

Seattle, WA 98104
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