China and Democracy Post Mao The Potential Power of China’s New Middle Class By: Ryan Smith Senior Thesis Professor Felker Abstract: This paper examines China during the reform era after Mao. It tries to understand how a country‚ which has been engaging in economic liberal reforms since 1978‚ has been able to resist any major political reforms. The answer to this question lies with the newly created middle class in China. The reforms initiated
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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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The Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China from 1965 to 1968. The Cultural Revolution is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China. Mao had been less than a dynamic leader from the late 1950’s on‚ and feared others in the party might be taking on a leading role that weakened his power within the party and the country. This probably explains the Cultural Revolution – it was an attempt by Mao to re-impose his authority on the party and therefore
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The Cultural Revolution was lead by Mao Zedong‚ chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. He wanted to renew the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. He feared that China would start developing along the thoughts of the Soviet models‚ and he was also concerned about his name in History. Therefore‚ he led the cities of China into a agitated situation‚ a land full of protest. Mao wanted China to have peasants‚ workers and educated people working together. Everyone was of equal class status‚ no one was
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Mao Ze Dong started the Great Cultural Revolution in 1966‚ in what appeared to be a massive cleansing policy to ensure the final victory of Mao and his supporters over the rest of the Chinese Communist party. Mao Zedong officially launched the Cultural Revolution at Eleventh Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee. Over the next decade‚ literally millions of people were destroyed‚ imprisoned and blamed for previously hidden ’bourgeois tendencies’ while tens of thousands were executed. Mao Zedong
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution‚ commonly known as the Cultural Revolution‚ was a social-political movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966. Set into motion by Mao Zedong‚ then Chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalist‚ traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society‚ and to impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The Revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position
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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong caused controversy throughout China‚ doing whatever he could to stay in power. Many laws were made in order to keep consistent beliefs and limit the risk of powerful uprisings in the future. This law create much chaos between his people and negatively affected the majority of the population. This is relevant throughout Balzac and the Little Seamstress as Luo and the narrator endure many hardships. Yet they work through it‚ eventually turning the tables and working their way
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The Great Leap forward failed‚ therefore Mao was demoted and the moderates took control because Mao was still too popular to resign. One of the political consequences was that Mao wanted to reassert himself and regain power in China after he was demoted because of the failure of the Great Leap Forward. Mao had the gained the support of Lin Biao and the PLA therefore launched the Cultural Revolution. Mao wanted to get rid of anti communist ideas and opposition that would pose a threat to his leadership
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did Mao’s Cultural Revolution impact the people of China during the period of 1966-1968? Mao’s Cultural Revolution impacted the people of China during the period of 1966-1968 to a great extent as China was brought to near anarchy. This was essentially due to the creation of the Red Guards from the youth of China. They brought detrimental chaos to the country‚ through schools‚ colleges and on the streets. The Cultural Revolution also known as The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution lasted from
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Prologue The Cultural Revolution began quietly. On November 11‚ 1965‚ a Shanghai daily newspaper published a review of a four-year old play‚ Hai Jui Dismissed From Office. The review stated that the play ’s author‚ Peking Deputy Mayor Wu Han‚ had written an anti-socialist document calling for the destruction of socialism in China. That same day‚ Red Flag published an attack on the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and revisionism within the CCP. The article charged that some leading CCP members
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