After World War II, China fell into a civil war, and came out with no centralized government. Mao Tse Tung, leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), began to bring China back onto its feet. When Mao died, Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Nationalists, did what he believed to be best for all of China. While both of these men wanted what they thought would be best for China, their techniques of doing so varied tremendously. Both Mao Tse Tung and Deng Xiaoping vary in their ideal visions for modern China politically, socially, economically, and culturally.
Mao Tse Tung was the leader at the time of World War II. He knew that in order to get China back on its feet, more help would be needed than just what the government alone could give. “He saw …show more content…
Mao created these big plots of land called cooperatives. Each cooperative consisted of hundreds of families who all had possession of different portions of the cooperative 's they lived on. He made sure that they made their money by how much land they contributed to the state for harvest, not by how much crop. However, those cooperatives were later combined into even larger cooperatives. “They saw to it that the state received its required share of the cooperative’s harvest. Many farmers resented that the farm surplus went to pay for building factories in the cities and feeding the growing number of city workers. Later, the cooperative 's formed the basis for larger collective farms, under greater government control” (China regional study series 166). Deng Xiaoping created special economic zones within the new open door policy to respond to the new ideas and products of the west. While these zones reminded many Chinese citizens of the old days consisting of treaty ports for trade and business, there were mixed results of the zones. “The most important reason many people compared the special economic zones to the treaty ports was the working conditions in those zones. Foreign-owned factories often ignored Chinese labor laws, and those violations were overlooked by officials eager to attracts foreign investors” (China Regional Study Series 197). The ignored labor laws made for very negative reactions to the special …show more content…
The Cultural Revolution severely delayed the development of Chinese technology, so Deng sent students to foreign countries to learn and bring back the technological ideas to China. Not only were students a part of this new movement, so were the professionals. “As of 1988, China had a very large pool of scientists and engineers researching new technologies, approximately the same number as Japan” (China Regional Study Series 199). Now, China has the resources it needs to gain the technology and scientific ideas that the rest of the world has been developing for
Mao Tse Tung was the leader at the time of World War II. He knew that in order to get China back on its feet, more help would be needed than just what the government alone could give. “He saw …show more content…
Mao created these big plots of land called cooperatives. Each cooperative consisted of hundreds of families who all had possession of different portions of the cooperative 's they lived on. He made sure that they made their money by how much land they contributed to the state for harvest, not by how much crop. However, those cooperatives were later combined into even larger cooperatives. “They saw to it that the state received its required share of the cooperative’s harvest. Many farmers resented that the farm surplus went to pay for building factories in the cities and feeding the growing number of city workers. Later, the cooperative 's formed the basis for larger collective farms, under greater government control” (China regional study series 166). Deng Xiaoping created special economic zones within the new open door policy to respond to the new ideas and products of the west. While these zones reminded many Chinese citizens of the old days consisting of treaty ports for trade and business, there were mixed results of the zones. “The most important reason many people compared the special economic zones to the treaty ports was the working conditions in those zones. Foreign-owned factories often ignored Chinese labor laws, and those violations were overlooked by officials eager to attracts foreign investors” (China Regional Study Series 197). The ignored labor laws made for very negative reactions to the special …show more content…
The Cultural Revolution severely delayed the development of Chinese technology, so Deng sent students to foreign countries to learn and bring back the technological ideas to China. Not only were students a part of this new movement, so were the professionals. “As of 1988, China had a very large pool of scientists and engineers researching new technologies, approximately the same number as Japan” (China Regional Study Series 199). Now, China has the resources it needs to gain the technology and scientific ideas that the rest of the world has been developing for