Complete the following sentence: Delury states that knowledge of China's history is critical; without looking back to grasp the forces at work for hundreds of years, it is not possible to know China today or its possible future trends. Complete the following sentence: Delury states that knowledge of China's history is critical; without looking back to grasp the forces at work for hundreds of years, it is not possible to know China today or its possible future trends. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Delury looks for historical parallels, such as the 1895 Gongche Shangshu movement, the 1919 May Fourth Movement, the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, and the
2014 Umbrella Movement, threads that can be strung together, to chart alternative trajectories for the competing visions of China's future political and social order; he opines there are no right or wrong tides of history to take comfort in.