Hendryk
Banned
Indeed, by the time the Communists took over in 1949, footbinding had practically disappeared.That was largely under the warlords and republic in the 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Oh, I agree. But change, as in any society, takes place organically, not by political fiat; and there's a difference between the normal evolution of a society, and the brutal implementation of an abstract ideological model on said society. The latter is by definition bound to fail, because as soon as the political pressure to conform to the artificial model is removed, the status quo ante is restored.True, but Chinese civilisation is hardly carved in stone. It changed in many different ways from dynasty to dynasty, and when things "go back to normal" they might still have drastic changes in *some* areas compared to the previous era.