Paper 1: Mao Zedong 1. A) According to source A‚ Mao Zedong along with the Party Central Committee were able to efficiently construct a socialist system in China‚ within a very short period of time. Mao and the PCC were able to analyze the economy of China and develop a system called the Great Leap Forward‚ which would fix the problems that they had discovered. That system quickly transformed China into a self-sufficient country‚ which were able to function under a socialist system. B)
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Mao Zedong was born to a peasant family in Hunan‚ Southern China on December 1893. By the age of six‚ he already started toiling in the farm. Mao lacked adequate education‚ but he loved to read and had a strong sense of adventure. At the age of fourteen‚ Mao’s father set him up with a wife‚ but he did not want this. He was extremely close with his mother than his father. Later on in 1919‚ he moved to Beijing and found a job as a librarian; there he learned about the Communist revolution and much
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Alyssa Franco 11/28/12 Mao Zedong is considered to be one of the most controversial political leaders of the twentieth century. He has been known both as a savior and a tyrant to the Chinese people. From his strategic success of the Long March‚ to his humiliating failure of the Great Leap Forward‚ to the Cultural Revolution that shocked the country and took countless lives‚ Mao has significantly influenced the result of what China is today. From humble origins‚ Mao Zedong rose to absolute power
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matter. In my recent traveling through china I discovered the great impact the revolution actually had on the country. Devastation‚ violence and great personal loss as well as social upheaval were key words to describe the revolution. All Chinese I spoke to were either direct or indirectly affected by the revolution‚ and often negatively. This arose questions to me: why was there the Cultural Revolution? And why was it so violent? Why did chairman Mao gave free way to the ruining of thousands
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I enjoyed reading Chairman Mao is a Rotten Egg because it shows the relationship between parents and children and parents and the government under Mao Tse-tung. The mother in the story was very concerned with what she thought her child said because it had potential to jeopardize her relationship or right standing with the government. If her child‚ Ching-Ching‚ was a counterrevolutionary‚ there was a possibility that he would have been killed or at the least had his statement on record for the rest
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People’s Republic of China that started in 1966 and officially ended with Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. It resulted in social‚ political‚ and economic upheaval; widespread persecution; and the destruction of antiques‚ historical sites‚ and culture. It was launched by Mao Zedong‚ the chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ on May 16‚ 1966. He alleged that liberal bourgeois elements were permeating the party and society at large and that they wanted to restore capitalism. Mao insisted‚ in accordance
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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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Mao Zedong cultural revolution era In 1966‚ China’s Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. Believing that current Communist leaders were taking the party‚ and China itself‚ in the wrong direction‚ Mao called on the nation’s youth to purge the “impure” elements of Chinese society and revive the revolutionary spirit that had led to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier and the formation
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Maos last dancer Mao’s last dancer is a true story of Li Cunxin. Li came from an extremely poor family in a small village in China. When Li was only a young boy‚ he was selected to study at the Begjin dance academy to learn to be a dancer. When arrived in Begjin‚ the children right away started ballet trainin‚ they were also given education but the main focus was studying to be a ballerina. Li was then chosen to visit America for three months to train with the Houston ballet Academy. Li then fell
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To what extent was 1949 a turning point? The years between 1945- 1949 could definitely be seen as a turning point as there were increasing divisions in Germany as it was divided between the Allies without the Germans having any say in the matter. 1949 can be argued to be a huge turning point in German history as Germany was literally split down the middle. Change is most well seen in the German democratic Republic as the changes introduced by the Communists were most apparent in ending capitalism
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