Tiananmen Square Massacre is an event that took place in the summer of 1989 in Beijing‚ China. It is an event that forever will leave a rather haunting legacy on the Chinese culture. The Chinese citizens just wanted freedom‚ liberty‚ and justice‚ but with their communist government they knew they wouldn’t get anywhere without a fight. What many people don’t realize is that the massacre wasn’t just with Beijing but it was national movement with people from all over the country who stood behind the
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The concept of ‘panopticism’ was originally developed by Michael Foucault from his book Discipline and Punishment (1977) pp195-228‚ Foucault describe panopticon as “mechanism that coerces by means of observation”(pp:195)‚ at the time of writing his theory‚ there was a lot that was going on around Foucault such as the disband of the soviet union in china had led to a rethinking of socialism‚ changes in term of the nature of production as well as the industrialisation all of these led to a rethinking
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The article provides a translation of the six characters on the stone as “The Chinese Communist Party Collapses.” Presumably‚ these characters were an ancient prophecy about the Communist Party that had only now been revealed. The article then continues by explaining that after the discovery of the characters‚ the government‚ with its influence over the media‚ was able to get most images cropped to remove the word “collapse”‚ or to simply leave it out in any captions or descriptions of the image
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Jennifer Perez Assignment 4 Chapter 4 1. Zhou’s main goal was to lay foundations for Chinese dynastic and to justify his family’s dynasty the creation of another‚ he allegedly developed the idea of the Mandate of Heaven. This concept explains rightfully rule of China‚ a dynasty must have authorization from "Heaven‚" perceived not as place but as the god of the skies and ancestor of Chinese rulers. This man date empowered the ruler to reign as "Son of Heaven" but also required that he govern justly
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I selected this article because it explains how China uses a group of students as a scapegoat‚ similar to how Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat. I thought it was interesting how Animal Farm and this article compare and contrast. This article describes how Hong Kong‚ a former British colony was returned to Chinese control in 1997 and “placed under a semi-autonomous administration” that many consider to inreality be under Beijing’s control. The author states that “Since the handover‚ China has
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When you think of Communism‚ what country is the first to pop into your head? When I asked myself this‚ I immediately thought of The Soviet Union‚ however‚ this is not the only state that has under gone this transition of power. Many states governments that have undergone the communist regime have failed‚ however‚ there is a state that is still considered communist today‚ China. Thus‚ the question I am going to ask is how does communism differ in China today and the former Soviet Union through structure
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This article expands on the various possibilities of what would happen upon the death of the 14th Dalai Lama. The article opens with explaining how while the Dalai Lama is still active physically and mentally‚ his old age should worry Chinese and Tibetan peoples. According to the article this worry stems from the Chinese Government feeling they have the right to approve the next Dalai Lama‚ which could lead to political foul play. Although the Tibetans are worried of future outcomes; for now even
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To what extent can Sun Yixian be considered the father of the Chinese Revolution? Sun Yixian can be considered the father of the Chinese Revolution as he is contemporarily titled both officially and unofficially in different areas of China as "Forerunner of the Revolution" and National Father‚ Mr. Sun Chungshan (Yixian). Sun was also the first president of the Chinese Provisional Government‚ funded the revolutions‚ kept the spirit of revolution alive‚ successfully merged minor revolutionary groups
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On Summer of Betrayal by Hong Ying I was first attracted by this book for its brief introduction----“A graphic‚ sensuous and surprising novel about the aftermath of Tiananmen Square----by a young woman who was there.” It is also said that this book was published in Taiwan in 1992; though banned in the inland of China‚ it circulated there. And what I am reading is the first publication in the West. Man‚ more often than not‚ is inclined to be drawn by an unknown and mysterious world‚ and
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Hunger Strikers’ Announcement May 12‚ 1989 This is an announcement from the hunger strikers in Tiananmen Square to the Chinese people. The main message that I got from the document was that they weren’t striking to create chaotic disturbances or because they wanted to‚ but because they didn’t agree with the things going on in China. They describe China’s current state in the following lines: "rampant inflation; widespread illegal business dealings by corrupt officials; the dominance of abusive
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