Question: Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution? For instance‚ do you think the occurrence of the CR had any connections with the CCP ’s organizing principle and guiding ideologies‚ such as democratic dictatorship and the democratic-centralism‚ or was caused more by other reasons? Also‚ although many things people did during the Cultural Revolution look so absurd‚ irrational‚ and even cruel today‚ millions of Chinese‚ especially the Chinese youth seemed to be obsessed with the movement during
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Jealousy generates progress Neg. 1st speaker Good afternoon. History is the best proof of all the atrocities caused by jealousy. The Bible tells of the first murder in the world. Cain was jealous because God favoured his brother Abel‚ and he murdered Abel. He was thus condemned to a life of suffering. Jealousy led to his sibling rivalry‚ broken family and miserable life. Moving on to Ancient Greece‚ Greek states were jealous of Athens’s great achievements in literature and art‚ and started
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To what extent has nationalism driven Chinese history? Chinese history has been guided to the global economic power player that it has become today‚ based largely on its nationalism. A strong sense of national pride and subsequent perceived competition with the rest of the world for superiority has given birth to a ‘technological revolution’ in more recent years. One of the fundamental principles inherent of a nationalistic society is the shared sense of “all for one‚ one for all”‚ which in turn
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Who did Mao blame for the faltering of the Chinese revolution? Mao blamed ruling elites within the communist party and government bureaucrats who were interested only in maintaining their power. What two steps were involved in Mao’s plan to tear down the old world? The two steps were to have the Red Guard attack the “Four Olds” and to eliminate the “Five Black Elements”. What evidence did British sociologist Peter Worsley offer to show that Mao’s effort at social change was successful? The
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I Was A Teenage Red Guard Share this: Issue 170 new internationalist issue 170 - April 1987 Photo: Rory Dell / Camera Press I was a teenage Red Guard Fanatics ready to commit violence and denounce anyone in the name of communism - or heroes who sacrificed personal comfort to work for the greater good? Conflicting images of the Red Guards summed up Western confusion about Mao’s China. Mo Bo remembers what it was really like to be a Red Guard. When the Cultural Revolution reached my school
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Ancient Eygpy can be considered on of the most sucessfull civilizations ever. Eygpt had continued to thrive for lober than anyother civilization during its time and today. Throughout its time most of its society was kept the same in terms of government and social order. As new rulers and peoples came into power‚ they were adopted and assimilated. Gods and rulers were thought to be one and religion played and important rolefor everyday life. Society was essential ruled by the Nile river because it
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China changed as Hu Jintao stepped down after his ten years in office. Moreover‚ Hu Jintao was seen as a risk-taker and during his era‚ he focused on the economic development of China. Putting aside the success of the economic scale‚ there are still a lot of Chinese living in poverty. Although‚ Hu proposed a solution for the problem and that is ‘harmonious society’ (hexie shehui). There are attempts made by other countries‚ including the United States‚ to encourage it to play more positive role in
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A coming of age story is one that resonates with us and we can empathize with it. In Balzac and the Little Seamstress the author Dai Sijie presents a bildungsroman through the maturity of the protagonist/narrator after reading books by Western authors that changed his perspective in life. The protagonist’s maturity can be seen through how he learns about the ideals of individualism‚ his emotional maturity when handling a pregnancy and discovering parts of himself like his sadistic part. The narrator
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In 1949‚ Mao Zedong declared the People’s Republic of China after the communists won the civil war against the nationalists‚ promising a fresh start‚ however China was a broken country following the Japanese and Civil Wars‚ which meant the new government inherited severe problems‚ the worst of which include hyperinflation‚ complete lack of industry‚ heavy food shortages‚ which was exacerbated by steep population increases. During the first eight years of power‚ Mao’s regime tackled the economy remarkably
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Mao Zedong the Leader of the Communist Party of China Mao is undisputedly one of the best-known Chinese of the twentieth century. He was an all-powerful leader‚ and major figure in modern world history. Mao was a revolutionary activist‚ organizer and military commander for almost three decades before the communist victory. Mao Zedong was born on December 26‚ 1893. Mao was born in a small community in Shashank village‚ In the southern province of Hunan. As a young man‚ Mao’s father‚ had bought a
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