Deng Xiaoping

There is no denying the fact that china is economic miracle of 21st century. China is what it is because of the reforms intiated by its leadership (since 1978). Deng Xiaoping who intiated the reforms back in the 70s, described his approach as “crossing a river by feeling the stones” . Over years china has transformed itself from a hardcore socialistic economy to a socialistic market economy where investments in infrastructure has become the main pillar to generate economic growth and raise the…

Economic growth relates to the increased output within an economy. It can come from rural to industrial shifts, invention, innovation and technological progress; it requires savings and investment, along with a well-implemented policy framework and can be measured through the economies GDP. Haggard, (2004) suggested economic growth can result from productive inputs, capital and labour or from greater efficiency in their use. It can lead to economic development, which Michael Todaro (2011)…

Imagine a life without your sibling. Or if you are a women being tossed aside at birth because you were already not good enough. This is what life was like for many in China. It is a life of not having a choice and not having very much control of your path and body. It is having citizens rights violated to fix the mistakes of past leaders. The controversial one-child policy is a violation of people's rights and while they are attempting to fix it, the affects the policy has had will continue…

speeds up the process of decision makings. The change in leaders was the start of China’s reforms. China went from Mao a full-blown communist who focused on the peasants and whom they experienced some of the most deaths due to poverty under to Deng Xiaoping who created a more capitalist style government still clinging to communism though. The new reforms made helped once impoverished people prosper in China. The factories and new infrastructures gave work to the poor, paying them very little but…

Introduction The United States (The US) got its independence from Britain in the year 1776. The treaty that made it a nation is the Treaty of Paris that was signed in 1783 (Yang 2012). Before the 19th Century, only 13 states were members of the US. However, during the 19th and 20th Centuries, 37 more states became members of the union. The country expanded through North America, acquiring more land than before and more possessions than it originally had. There are two main traumatic experiences…

so. A large part of why China has succeeded is because of its proper macroeconomic management and strategic economic and political development. The transition between political leaders had been incredibly polished and peaceful. It started with Deng Xiaoping, who had adapted the market economy in 1978 and paved the way for a capitalist future. After him, Premier Zhu Rongji was responsible for introducing China into the World Trade Center. Following Rongji, President Jiang Zemin, helped expand…

labor shortage, China announced the end of its 30 years one-child policy, leaving people born in the 1980s and 1990s the only one-child generation. The one child policy was brought forward to control the growth of Chinese population in 1982 by Deng Xiaoping, the successor Chinese Chairman after Mao Zedong. At that time, the 2.67 birth rate and a population of 1 billion pressured Chinese economic growth. To catch up with global economy, Chinese government nationalized the policy and millions of…

COMPARISON WITH FAMILY PLANNING POLICIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES : The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong was an organisation which brought forth sex education, family planning advice and birth control services to the citizens of Hong Kong. When the population started to increase, it launched a campaign. This campaign was called the “Two is Enough” campaign through which the birth rate was decreased with the help of educational ways.The total fertility rate too, is low.The authorities in Iran…

quickly and the fall of the Berlin Wall happened overnight. They wanted the East to regain themselves back and continue spreading communism to the rest of Germany. With China’s economy ready to fail, they decide to “Reform and Open Up”, according to Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader in the People’s Republic of China. After five years, the starving were given food and citizens were able to travel freely around the world. This positive outcome sparked for a growth and a rise in the country of…

The Economy of War and Peace: How China’s War Prone Forces Are Controlled by the CCP The leader of China matters. Under Deng Xiaoping, a reformist who started the trend of privatization and changing the rules of the Chinese economy, the wealth in China has been growing immensely. Further carried out by the current leader, Xi Jinping, the changes from a Command Economy to a Free Market Economy have been gradually underway. This has allowed for more trade to be carried out with other countries…