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Gongsun could dispute the connection drawn between different color revolutions. First, each color would be an act of positioning which should have only reflect the formation of reality. Second, a color could not represent those who wear it. Third, a color was a trigger of emotion and the intellectual interpretation of rally was to spread a much broader implication to motivate further action. In short, the color revolution is not a revolution. The color signifies mutual estrangement as well as foregone civility. It does not designate liberalism incurred by the notion of revolution against the conservative authoritarian regime, nor sitedness in which hybridity is at best an embarrassing reality.
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Shih, Cy., Yu, Pt. (2015). The Color Revolution. In: Post-Western International Relations Reconsidered: The Pre-Modern Politics of Gongsun Long. Global Political Thinkers. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493217_8
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