Sanya DP-1 Q. ANALYSE THE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RISE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN CHINA. In the beginning of the 20th century‚ the Qing dynasty‚ which had ruled China for 2000 years‚ was in decline. The period following the end of the empire in 1911 was a turbulent one‚ with various groups fighting for power in China. This civil war ended only in 1949‚ with the Chinese Communist Party establishing control over the country. There are quite a few factors that led to this rise of communism in China
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Why did the Communists gain power in 1949? In 1949‚ after a long lasting contest for leadership‚ the Communists were able to gain power. In 1900‚ China was ruled by the Manchu dynasty‚ however less than in half a century a completely new government came into power. The Qing government had already been weak due to European countries because they gained great influence in China’s affair by using forces. They became so unpopular that people plotted to overthrow them. Despite the fact that the revolution
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To what extent was communist ideology responsible for CCP victory in 1949? Despite the Guomindang (GMD) having an army three times the size than that of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946‚ by the end of the Chinese Civil War (1946-49)‚ a multitude of factors caused the tables to turn and resulted in the communist takeover of China . This essay will examine factors such as Maoist ideology‚ practical reforms and the incompetence of the GMD‚ all of which were all responsible for the CCP victory
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Economic Issues Associated with Communist China and their relationship with Africa as a Result. Introduction The importance of this topic is vast due to the fact that China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world‚ being part of the BRIC countries which are synonymous with emerging markets and economic growth. According to Chow (2002‚ p252) “the exponential rate of growth was 9.7%” in the time period of 1978 to 1998 which substantiates that China’s economy is one of the fastest growing
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the 1200 ’s to about 1949 and the beginning of the communist era Confucianism dominated Chinese sociopolitical life‚ obviously for the largest part of the Chinese history. Through the "Mandate of Heaven" it was determined that the emperors were to rule the Chinese empire by divine command. Because of this philosophy‚ the people of China did not question the people that governed them and lived their lives by this system of social virtues. The Communist party has officially governed China for more than
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China was the ambivalent ideological nature of China’s intellectuals. Special action had to be taken by the Communist regime to address the explicit and latent issue of non-Marxian thought and bourgeois ideals among its most talented educated class. The campaigns of the Communists to transform the intelligentsia were not spurred by vehemence towards a former ruling class‚ but by the Communist appeal for a united ideological front. The behavior of the intellectuals and the Chinese government from the
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Chinese Civil War‚ which lasted from 1927 to 1949‚ was a civil war in China which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overthrew the Guomindang (GMD) . As the CCP had always been inferior to the GMD in many aspects‚ many were shocked and startled by the Communist ’s victory; although numerous factors show that the Communist ’s victory was almost inevitable. This essay will examine the factors that lead to the Communists victory‚ which includes ideology‚ economic‚ political‚ social‚ military‚ foreign issues
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Ultranationalism in Post-Communist Russia The social-political status of contemporary Russia is quite the mixed bag. While you have Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party with a vast majority of the vote in nearly every election‚ there is a large variety of groups who speak out against him. In the days following the recent presidential election‚ where Putin was elected for a third term‚ tens of thousands of Russians protested the results of the election. Several different political and social
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Survived Communism and Even Laughed‚ written by Croatian author Slavenka Drakulic‚ details the daily lives of people living under communist rule. She recalls a multitude of personal experiences she has had growing up under a communist regime‚ and the transition from communism to democracy in the late 1980’s. Drakulic seems to have a general dislike for the way the communist government treats its people‚ and strives to relate these feelings to the reader. She opens her book with a passage about a friend
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dilemmas; governments were in turmoil. To many countries‚ the antagonist of democracy‚ communism‚ seemed like a valuable answer to end their state of turmoil. Vietnam‚ being one of the countries that sought for an answer‚ was split in half upon making a decision. America was in fear that a North Vietnam communist takeover of South Vietnam would ignite communist revolution all around Southeastern Asia‚ so they decided to intervene. Many civilians were led to believe that the Americans in fact had
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