Assess the effectiveness of Whitlam’s progressive approach in reference to the international relations decisions made whilst in power? Edward Gough Whitlam’s time as the leader of the Government and the Australian Labour Party from 1972-1975 was a time of rapid and progressive change. After his election in December 1972 the Whitlam government would pass 203 acts the next year. These years under the leadership of Edward Gough Whitlam were years of immense change in society with reforms. He set
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up. A young officer‚ Chiang Kai-shek‚ was sent to Moscow for training. Upon returning‚ he was put in charge of the Whampoa Military Academy‚ established to train soldiers to fight the warlords‚ who controlled much of China S(See Chiang Kai-shek). Zhou Enlai (also Chou En-lai) of the CCP was deputy director of the academy’s political
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uprising‚ when India had granted asylum to the Dalai Lama. India initiated a Forward Policyin which it placed outposts along the border‚ including several north of the McMahon Line‚ the eastern portion of a Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1959. Unable to reach political accommodation on disputed territory along the 3‚225-kilometer-long Himalayan border‚[7] the Chinese launched simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line on 20 October 1962‚ coinciding with
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The Four Modernizations 1975‚ China. An idea conceived by Zhou Enlai was made into effect by Deng Xiaoping‚ the current Chairman of the CCP. His goals were only for the benefit of the country and never had he thought of doing wrong to his people. The idea that was put into effect was called “The Four Modernizations”. He tried to improve four points in the Chinese economy that would mend the mistakes created by past events such as the Cultural Revolution. But how exactly did he accomplish this‚ if
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On February 21‚1972 President Nixon visited The People’s Republic of China. Although the Chinese communist government had not been formally recognized by the United States since 1949‚ Nixon saw an opportunity to make changes. Nixon had multiple goals for this visit. Nixon wanted more than just new relations with China‚ but he believed that these new relations would give the U.S. leverage with the Soviet Union. The United States‚ with the Soviet Union as its primary adversary‚ saw an opportunity with
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better than mine‚ I will absolutely support them; but if I think mine is better‚ I will use my view to try to convince them to support me. When I think about the leader who gave me the deep impression‚ the first person who came into my mind was Zhou Enlai. He is not only the person I am similar to‚ but also the person I admire so much. After the People Republic of China established‚ he had been the prime minister for 26 years‚ during these years‚ he devoted his entire life to serve people and develop
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Marxist while he worked as a library assistant at Peking University. In June 1921‚ he co-founded the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was established in Shanghai by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Early members included Mao‚ Zhou Enlai‚ Zhu De and Lin Biao. Mao gave a geographic slant to Marxism because he felt that within an Asia society‚ communists had to concentrate on the countryside rather than the industrial towns in order to create a revolutionary elite. In reality‚ this
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People’s Republic of China‚ the China seat in the United Nations‚ and access to Western technology. Former President Richard Nixon traveled to China in February 1972‚ where he met with China’s chairman‚ Mao Zedong‚ and held talks with Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council of China on ending tensions between the U.S. and China and improving trade relations. He was the first U.S. President to visit China. At the end of his trip‚ the United States and Chinese Governments issued the “Shanghai Communiqué”
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First‚ it is important to note that China didn’t suddenly enter Africa just to acquire available natural resources. China has long been engaged in Africa‚ and its strategy is based on its values and history. Current China-Africa relations trace their source to the revolutionary period of Chinese foreign policy‚ which lasted from 1950s to the early 1970s. During this era‚ in the wake of the Communist revolution‚ China internationally emphasized ideology over economics. It did so by establishing
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Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[1] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs
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