and Revolution in China (Armonk‚ East Gate‚ 2004) P. Bailey‚ China in the Twentieth Century (Oxford‚ Blackwells 1988) S.Schram‚ The Thought of Mao Tse-Tung (Cambridge‚ Cambridge University Press‚ 1989) William A Joseph‚ Christine PW Wong and David Zweig‚ New Perspectives on the Cultural Revolution (Harvard‚ Harvard University Press‚ 1991) Phillip Short‚ Mao: A Life (John Murray‚ 1999) Maurice Meisner‚ Mao’s China and after: a History of the People’s Republic of China (New York‚ The Free Press‚ 1999)
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progressed through The Generalissimo‚ I found myself agreeing with the majority of Taylor’s point of view. Chiang Kai-shek was a highly regarded and positive leader who put the interests of China before his own in his quest to save mainland China from Mao Zedong and the spread of Communism. While I have my own reservations‚ Taylor does exceedingly well in presenting a clear and primarily objective picture of Chiang Kai-shek. I consider The Generalissimo to be the comprehensive western biography on the life
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Henry Kissinger’s Secret Trips to China Henry Kissinger was a significant figure in many affairs that occurred during Richard Nixon’s and Gerald Ford’s terms in office. He was a reliable negotiator for‚ the often shy‚ Nixon. Perhaps‚ one of his greatest feats was his involvement in the Asian détente. This involved many negotiations with several Nations including Vietnam‚ Russia and‚ the subject of my project‚ China. Nixon is often credited with the accomplishment of opening China to the Western
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Since entering China‚ Coca Cola has made an attempt for them to become its largest market in the world. Executive Summary China is a communist country that experienced very little foreign investment until the late 1970’s. Their communist leader Mao Zedong had restricted access to Chinese culture and the country’s economy. These restrictions left China isolated from most foreign countries until Deng Xiaoping opened up the doors for foreign investors to enter China. Although China is a communist country
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China and its future. The Chinese Civil war was a war between the Communists (CCP) led by Mao Tse Tung and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai Shek. The Chinese Civil War finally ended in 1949 after several years of war‚ the Communists had managed to gain control and Chiang had fled to Taiwan. This essay will be focused on analysing the reason for the communist victory in 1949 and how much of a role did Mao Tse Tung play in this. However before we begin to analyse the reasons for communist victory
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Once Mao had won the Chinese Civil War 1949‚ China’s new communist government implemented policies that both benefited and confined China’s population. Throughout Mao’s reign as leader‚ Mao maintained his leadership through violence and manipulation‚ however‚ his acknowledgement of the gender and the social minorities brought China’s population certain human rights. Wanting to maintain a strictly communist government to suppress human rights as much as possible‚ Mao and China suffered economical
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anything against Mao and Pol Pot. Mao was trying to get rid of all imperial China‚ emperors‚ and arts. Mao has an idea and he went on focusing on young children. The young children became Red Guards and they followed Mao’s idea. The Red Guard would come to your house and if they find any old books‚ they will take it away and make you wear a hat that says “I’m against revolution” which makes people embarrassed in front many people. “The more extreme we were‚ the more loyal we felt to Mao‚” said one of
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Book Review Author: Jung Chang Title: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Publication: Simon and Schuster‚ London‚ 1991 1. Main Thesis In Wild Swans‚ Jung Chang describes the life of three generations of woman in her family. Beginning in the year 1909 and ending in present time‚ it gives an insight into almost eighty years of the cultural history of China. Jung Chang has said in a interview that her intention in writing Wild Swans was to show how the Chinese people‚ and in particular the women
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Mao’s economic policies? One of the major reasons for why the GMD lost the civil war was because of their economic mismanagement‚ which then left the same problems for Moa and his government to deal with. So it is worth pointing out that it was not Mao who started the economic mess‚ but whether he helped to clear it up is what I hope to find out. The problems he faced included the hyper inflation‚ mass poverty across the country and a large debt owed to the west. Mao’s aims for his economic policies
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Mao used terror and repression constantly in the years from 1949 to 1953‚ however there were also other methods which he used to consolidate his power‚ and it is hard to decide whether both methods were equally successful or whether one of them was vital to the survival of the communist party with Mao as its dictator. Mao used terror and repression most notably to eliminate political threats to his power. The best examples of this are the purges of the CCP‚ including those of Gao Gang and Rao Shushi
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