The role of anarchists in the fight of the Spanish Republic is not known properly even by the experts of this topic. Thus the actual context and extent of foreign intervention should be presented and its full role in the outcome of the civil war.

Although modernisation in China resulted in dramatic social changes, huge geographical and social polarisation and increasing uncertainty of subsistence for many, it still can be seen as a success – the regime is stable. One of the determining factors for this is that changes increased the average life standard regardless to tensions. Another important reason is that dissatisfied people mainly attribute the responsibility for problems to local elites while the trust in the benevolence and competence of the central authority is mostly not broken.

"In China, one of our main problems is that there is no connection between intellectuals and the object of their worry – the people. This is partly due to the negative effect of the ‘Cultural Revolution' when same conditions were forced to both intellectuals and blue collar workers, which induced conflicts between the two social groups. In China, intellectuals either withdraw to their ivory towers, where they make research on scientific topics or become consultants of multinational companies, public organisations or maybe the World Bank". The author gives a picture in his essay on the situation, strategy and opportunities of Chinese intellectuals, especially the ones with critical attitude.

There are many "unknown territories" in the history of the Spanish Civil War. This is caused by contradictions in sources and studies on the topic, especially concerning such important areas as the land question, ownership structure or the ethnic minority issue. Similarly sometimes prejudice against anarchists, POUM and other organisations have a role.