Introduction The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a ten-year political campaign which aimed at rekindling revolutionary fervour and purifying the party. After several national policy failures‚ especially the Great Leap Forward‚ Mao Zedong regained public prestige and control of the Communist Party of China (CCP). On 16 May‚ 1966‚ he announced that the Party and Chinese society were permeated with liberal bourgeois elements who meant to restore capitalism to China‚ and that said people could
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The Cultural Revolution of China: Annihilating Culture with each Political and Class Struggle Wendy Wang Junior Division Historical Paper Wang1 China ’s Cultural Revolution of the 1900s caused radical changes to the People ’s Republic of China. More a political struggle than actual revolution‚ the Cultural Revolution had a huge effect on people throughout mainland China. People of all backgrounds had their lives changed as different factions of the Communist Party fought for control
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Party established a socialist planned economy based on abolition of property‚rural collectivization and central planning. Thus‚ the turning points in China’s economy growth are the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 and the economic reforms‚ under Deng Xiaoping‚ in 1978 according to free market principles‚ opening up trade and investment with the West‚ in the hope that this would significantly increase economic growth and raise living standards‚ shifting from a centrally planned to a market based economy
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Communism for the failure of the GLF. * The GLF had failed to meet the industrial targets that were set‚ and the introduction of the new agrarian policies was a failure that created chaos. This damaged Mao’s reputation. * General Secretary Deng Xiaoping and President Liu Shaoqi were called upon and asked to end the catastrophe. The economic
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challenges. In the past‚ China realized on a high centralization‚ plan economy‚ and a semi- close country which could not reduced the poverty in the rural areas‚ and push China into one of the world leader country. During the late 1970s‚ Deng Xiaoping‚ the Chinese leader and other senior leaders arranged The Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Xinhua‚ 2008). The subject of this convention was about the decision on reform which represented a significant
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ANALYSIS OF CHINA’S NATIONAL INTERESTS BY DR. YAN XUE-TONG 1 Acknowledgment The English version of Analysis of China’s National Interests is a result of many people’s contribution. Professor Monte Bullard deserves profound thanks. He initiated the translation project when I presented him this book at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1998 when he served as the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project there. He raised funds for the translation and did the English
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History of my Family I was born in a family where my grandparents and parents are all the knowledgeable persons because all of them had the chances to go to colleges. Therefore‚ when I was a child‚ they always told me that the knowledge will change people’s lives to a better level. Since the education in China is not supported by the government‚ so people have to pay children’s education by themselves. Today‚ as I grew up and I am going to graduate with my degree‚ I thank my family for their love
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The Four Modernizations 1975‚ China. An idea conceived by Zhou Enlai was made into effect by Deng Xiaoping‚ the current Chairman of the CCP. His goals were only for the benefit of the country and never had he thought of doing wrong to his people. The idea that was put into effect was called “The Four Modernizations”. He tried to improve four points in the Chinese economy that would mend the mistakes created by past events such as the Cultural Revolution. But how exactly did he accomplish this‚ if
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In the massacre of 1989 Tian An men Square. 50000 students took it to the streets on april 29th of Beijing and protested peacefully. On May 4‚ approximately 100‚000 students and workers marched in Beijing making demands for free media reform and a formal dialogue between the authorities and student-elected representatives. The government rejected the proposed dialogue‚ only agreeing to talk to members of appointed student organizations. On May 13‚ large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square
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Econ 387 Assignment 1 Yilong Li Summary of “China and India: Idiosyncratic Paths to High Growth.” The article “China and India: Idiosyncratic Paths to High Growth” by Kaushik Basu particularly described the specific economy growth of China and India. She illustrates the growth through several points‚ such as‚ special labor force‚ capita income‚ social policy and market liberalization. In this essay‚ I’m giving a summary about her article through theses points and some personal opinions related
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