campaigning. His travels included visits to Australia in 1996 and 2002. In 1989 the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. This was in the same year as the tiananmen square massacre‚ In Beijing’s central square. The Chinese army killed many Chinese students and others calling for democracy in China as the protested in the square. Estimates show between 500 and 2500 protesters died. The fourteenth Dalai Lama is seen as both a spiritual and political leader for the people of Tibet‚ although
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The Long March took place from October 1934 - October 1935. It meant that communism was not completely wiped out by the Kuomintang‚ that the people of China learnt about communism and supported the communists‚ that the Kuomintang got control of the south of china and most of the communists died from illness‚ exposure and Kuomintang attacks. At the time it was significant because otherwise all the communists would have been annihilated. Its effects were not seen immediately but in the short term
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Open door notes - a concept in foreign affairs‚ which usually refers to the policy in 1898 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China‚ with none of them in control of that country. Lily Foot – or “foot binding”‚ was the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth. The practice likely originated among court dancers in the early Song dynasty‚ but spread to upper class families and eventually became common among all classes. The tiny narrow feet were
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As you know the photo is great power to influence people’s mind. Picture can change perception‚ social‚ political position and even identity. I want to talk about most popular and influential documentary photo that changed the world. It would be hard to imagine a technology that had more impact on 20th century life than photography: the automobile‚ the airplane‚ nuclear power‚ all of these were higher profile than photography‚ yet in day-to-day terms‚ photography was truly the most pervasive.
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relationships and the wider world. “The China Coin” by Allan Baillie portrays Leah and her mother‚ Joan‚ in a mission to finding half of a missing coin. On this mission‚ they accept their renewed identities and confront the challenges of the backdrop in Tiananmen Square. In the film “Billy Elliot” by Stephen Daldry‚ the main character experiences a transformation from an adolescent to extraordinary ballet dancer. Furthermore‚ Arthur Golden’s novel “Memoirs of a geisha” extends the concept
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Citations: John Chen World Socialist Website: Origins and consequences of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/tien-j04.html Parsar Bharati (India’s Service Broadcaster): Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) http://www.newsonair.com/indian-freedom-struggle.asp Wikipeidia: The White Tiger http://en.wikipedia
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“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” -H. L. Mencken. Mencken implies that the average man would rather know that he is safe then to have freedom without safety. He implies that the average man would be happy living as his nation’s pet. So how can we be safe if we don’t have the freedom to voice our oppression? How can we protect ourselves when the ones giving us safety turn against us? Our freedom is what makes us safe‚ without it we cannot be truly safe. Our freedom
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David Aikman tells a story about how God is building His kingdom in China. The book starts with an explosion! Then it get to the history‚ and some conflicts of various groups and individuals. Aikman talks about a lecture he had for some length of time with others foreign tourist in 2002. The speaker was a native of China‚ from a research institution of the Chinese Academy of Social Science. He spoke about political‚ historical‚ economic and cultural perspective. Aikman and the other tourist had
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Censorship can be as simple as censoring profanity in a television show or as complex and oppressive as North Korea’s government censoring the entire outside world from North Korea‚ leaving the entire population of North Korea isolated and secluded. This means censorship can be a very hard thing to argue for or against because it can be justifiable‚ but at the same time it is not. So‚ is government censorship justifiable or is it not? Government censorship is justifiable in some circumstances‚ but
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importance of civil disobedience as a mechanism for social change. However‚ throughout history there have doubtlessly been numerous acts of civil disobedience that have failed due to untimeliness or impropriety. Examples include the Tank Man in Tiananmen Square‚ Iran peace protests and Palestine against Israel. Why did they fail? Was civil disobedience needed then? More importantly‚ when is civil disobedience needed? Civil disobedience is a response to an unjust law. Laws are simply words etched
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