Causes and Consequences of Sweat Shop Labor in Post Mao China Hyun Jung Kim and Khalil Campbell The film China Blue presented to us several key perspectives in post-Mao China. These perspectives shined a light on the Chinese people as they transitioned from farm-life to an oriented urban manufacturing lifestyle. First‚ the policies and developmental strategies in China’s economic reform that led to the poor sweat-shop conditions encountered by the migrant workers in coastal China? Lastly‚
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Was the Application of Terror the Main Method of Consolidation for Mao and the CCP between 1949 and 1952? Many would have cause to argue that terror was Mao’s ‘weapon of choice’ in consolidating his and the CCP’s power and control over the Chinese people; however‚ there are certainly other factors such as overwhelming military and political control‚ or persecution of certain demographics that could be considered to be just as important as the use of fear to force the masses into submission. While
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where terror benefits them. They got support of peasant in the countryside easily as Mao Zedong‚ their leader knew exactly what should be improved or changed‚ and he understood the need of peasants; as he was peasants as well. Factors such as failures of the Guomindang‚ Japanese invasion of China‚ the strengths of the Chinese Communist Party and the characteristics and personal roles of Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek need to be taken into account to understand why the Communists gain power rather than
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official establishment of the Republic of China on January 1‚ 1912 (Fenby 31). Eight months after‚ in August 1912‚ the Kuomintang was founded and became China’s Nationalist party (Wertz). Many years later‚ the KMT would come under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek. After the formation of the KMT‚ Sun passed off the Provisional Presidency‚ and Yuan Shikai was officially elected into the Presidency in 1913 as part of an agreement to have the last emperor‚ Puyi ‚ relinquished (Payne 63). During his rule
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How far do you agree that the Hundred Flowers campaign was a trick designed by Mao to trap his opponents? The Hundred Flowers Campaign began in 1957 when Mao Zedong declared in a speech‚ “Let a hundred schools of thought contend‚” effectively encouraging criticism from members of the Chinese Communist Party. After members began pointing out where the party had made mistakes‚ however‚ Mao suddenly reversed this new policy and began the Anti-Rightist Movement‚ condemning the critics whose opinions
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How accurate is it to say that Mao Zedong’s agricultural policies from 1949 were the most important reason for the famine of 1959–62? In October 1949‚ the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was established and led by Mao Zedong. China’s new communist leaders turned their backs on China’s traditional output (based on individual and small scale household production) economy and set out to create a massive socialist industrial government inspired by the Soviet Union. This idea introduced a model‚
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Every Chinese person knows what the Long March was‚ because it was an important part of Chinese history. Most Chinese people think that the Long March was successful during the second Chinese Civil War. In my opinion‚ I think the Long March was also unsuccessful. It was successful‚ because the Red Army of the Communist Party of China was not eliminated by the army of the Chinese Nationalist Party. It was unsuccessful‚ because it was the war between the Red Army and the National Revolutionary Army
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In this paper I intend to explain what the Divine Command Theory means according to Emil Brunner and how Kai Nielsen objects to that theory. I plan to do this by an explanation of what Divine Command Theory is as opposed to Humanistic Ethics. I plan to show that abandoning religious ethics in support of Humanistic Ethics is not reasonable. What is Divine Command Theory? According to Emil Brunner "Genuine humanly good is found only in the unconditional‚ unquestioned obedience of man to God." That
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China‚ with Mao Zedong and many others leading the communists and Chiang Kai-Shek leading the nationalists. Poverty was increasing and China’s debt was very high‚ which made it worse on the already struggling citizens. Even though the struggle over communism and nationalism
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civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass support‚ Mao Zedong was able to achieve many things. So why did the communist win the civil war? This essay examines the different reasons why the Communist won the Civil War. Ever since 1934‚ two main political parties in China‚ Communist Party of China and Nationalists
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