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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Mao travelled the length and breadth of China during the 1950’s. The massive amount of support that he got where ever he went convinced him that he was in touch with the people. He took this opportunity to give some greater freedom of expression to his people and he encouraged constructive criticism of how he and his party were transforming china into a proletarian state. He also gave intellectuals a greater say in debate which was unusual as Mao hated them. It was quite possible that Mao
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Hundred Flowers Campaign‚ also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement‚ (simplified Chinese: 百花运动; traditional Chinese: 百花運動; pinyin: Bǎihuā yùndòng) was a period in 1956 in the People’s Republic of China[1] during which the Communist Party of China (CPC) encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime. Differing views and solutions to national policy were encouraged based on the famous expression by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong: "The policy of letting a hundred
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In the 1950’s Mao Zedong’s ‘Hundred Flower Movement’ came far from achieving its goal of improving Chinese Society‚ by having intellectuals criticise the government and its policies. In order to prove that the Hundred Flower Movement was unsuccessful‚ this essay will exhibit why Mao believed it would work‚ as well as how he carried it out and the resulting affect that spread across China afterwards. The Hundred Flower Movement was a campaign spanning from 1956-1957 in which the Chinese Communist
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How far do you agree that instability in the Gulf Region in the period 1979-2001 was primarily caused by the actions of the Iraqi Government? The Iraqi government in the period from 1979 to 2001 was under the control of the Ba’ath Party and lead by Saddam Hussein‚ a Sunni Muslim whereas most of Iraq is Shiite Muslim. Hussein took control-as in became President of Iraq-in 1979‚ following the resignation of his predecessor‚ under claims of poor health. The main countries in this Gulf region may be
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How far do you agree that the failure of Italian revolutionaries in the years 1820–49 was primarily due to a lack of popular support? I agree that the revolutions that occurred in the years 1820-49 were due to a lack of popular support. Other factors could be the strength of the Austria army‚ how there was no leader‚ a lack of unity and no foreign support. The revolutions failed due to the lack of popular/mass support. The revolutions in Modena‚ Parma and the Papal States had all been unsuccessful
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Do you agree or disagree. There is never a reason for death penalty to be used. In some countries‚ serious criminals such as serial murderers and terrorist bomber hardly escape death sentence. While many complement on such tough justice‚ others condemn it mainly for religious reasons. It appears to me that those who are against the death penalty have failed to notice the more humane aspects behind this seemingly inhumane charge. My essay will look at those humane aspects as against those to the
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Milgram’s aim was to research how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person. Milgram was interested in how easily ordinary people could be influenced into committing atrocities‚ for example‚ Germans in WWII. (McLeod 2007) The first ethical dilemma with Milgram’s experiment is deception. The experimenter deceived the participants‚ who were made to believe that they were truly inflicting pain on the learners and were purposely put in a position of high stress
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this by stating it in a compound sentence structure to express the meaning of her words in the simplest terms possible. I agree with Le Guin that the adventure itself is more significant than your end goal. When journeying to accomplish your goals‚ you learn invaluable life lessons and make memories. Those are the things that will carry you through your journey and remain with you for the rest of your life. A real life application of this quote is high school. The end goal is to graduate with a diploma
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who is passionate about his country. We feel he is a hero as he seems to have earnt a heroic status from the public “it was roses‚ roses all the way” this shows the love he got from the public. “it was I who leaped at the sun” illustrates him showing bravery and sacrifice which show traits of a hero. It is later revealed that he has done something wrong‚ this is discovered through him claiming he has been falsely punished and hasn’t done anything wrong (quote). Due to his wrong doings we feel he
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