Here is a short biography of the author‚ Jonathan Fenby (born 11 November 1942). He was a co-founder of Trusted Sources in 2006 and was a managing director in China research. His wealth knowledge of China research made him specialist in Chinese politics‚ policy interpretation and broader political economy of China. He was formerly editor of The South China Morning Post from year 1995 to 2000‚ The Economist‚ Reuters World Service and The Observer. Besides that‚ he was also the author of 8 books on
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA’S NAVAL MODERNIZATION AND GROWING PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON PHILIPPINES-CHINA RELATIONS A PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE By Martin S. Adalem III Tom Lance G. Angeles March 2013 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study China’s economy is currently the second largest in the world. With its continued economic growth and development‚ some people believe that there is a possibility for China to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy. However‚ because
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Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969): Major Events in the Life of a Revolutionary Leader 1890 On May 19‚ HO Chi Minh was born the second son to a family of farmers living in Kim Lien‚ a small village in Annam (Central Vietnam). He was born NGUYEN Sinh Cung but later adopted the name Ho Chi Minh (“He who enlightens”). When Ho Chi Minh was born in 1890‚ Vietnam was under French control. The French had split what is known today as Vietnam into three separate states — Cochin
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enthusiastic?" The reply was general‚ all about personality: "I want to exercise myself. I want to collect experience. Supporting the Great Cultural Revolution is a great chance for us young people to develop ourselves.’ This early radicalism combined‚ as Mao did‚ an interest in personal exercise with a crusading‚ war-loving spirit. As the Huguenot enthusiast de Mournay put it‚ "Peace is a great evil‚ war is a great good. . . . Peace is proper to the miscreant; but war‚ to the true believer. Contrasts between
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Genocide‚ or the mass killing of a nationality or ethnic‚ is a common and relatively frequent event in the history of mankind. Pol Pot‚ born Saloth Sar‚ was a leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia‚ and was responsible for the Cambodian Genocide. He came to power in a state of unrest and‚ much like Adolf Hitler‚ won the support of his people with his radical new proposals and ideas. He proposed an idea to implement an agrarian utopia‚ which was inspired by the Maoist principles he had seen in China
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In the articles‚ Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang and “China’s Cultural Revolution” by Joseph Vitale‚ they explained The Cultural Revolution in differing ways by using different points of view. For example‚ “China’s Cultural Revolution” was in third person because the words I‚ we‚ and you were never addressed in the article. Some similarities and differences presented in the articles are the different points of view‚ and the attitudes. First of all‚ in the article‚ “China’s Cultural Revolution” by
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self-sufficient system. Trade was usually narrow to gain only goods that could not achieve in China. China theories made the economy comparably ineffective‚ inactive‚ by reason of many prospects of the economy of their centralized government. After the death of Mao in 1978 China decided to disconnect its ties that it had with the soviet-style policies. The economy was then reformed‚ corresponding to the free market ethic and trade and investment of the United States. China intent is to‚ boost both economic growth
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Did Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Play an Important Role in the Westernization of China? Mao Zedong (1949) has ever said in On the People Democratic Dictatorship that‚ “From the time of China’s defeat in the Opium War of 1840‚ Chinese progressives went through untold hardships in their quest for truth from the Western countries. Hong Xiuquan‚ Kang Youwei‚ Yan Fu and Sun Yat-sen were representative of those who had looked to the West for truth before the Communist Party of China was born.” However
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China’s One-Child Policy: Was it a good idea? Most people want to have more than one child‚well that doesn’t happen in China.When Mao Zedong took power in 1949 he encouraged the people of China to have more children.Then in 1980 he enforced the one child policy due to a severe overpopulation (BGE).The one child policy was a bad idea for three reasons‚it was unnecessary‚it hurts the elderly and retirees‚ and it has a negative impact on women. One reason that the one child policy was a bad idea is
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Entry into politics Main article: Adolf Hitler’s political views After World War I‚ Hitler returned to Munich.[75] Having no formal education and career prospects‚ he tried to remain in the army for as long as possible.[76] In July 1919 he was appointed Verbindungsmann (intelligence agent) of an Aufklärungskommando (reconnaissance commando) of the Reichswehr‚ to influence other soldiers and to infiltrate the German Workers’ Party (DAP). While monitoring the activities of the DAP‚ Hitler became
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