Deng Xiaoping

The bedrock of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) carries the firm imprint of its architect, Mao Zedong. Revered to the extent of a semi-divine individual, he ruled with irrefutable authority and possessed an extraordinary cult of personality. The mark of the Great Helmsman, which was altogether political, cultural, and ideological, had dramatically defined the country. However, his tenure was contingent on his own mortality. Mao’s death in 1976 spurned a political crisis in which the question…

Mao and Dynastic History Outline Mao Zedong (Mao) was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader. He led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to established People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Mao is still a controversial figure today about what he did. Although Mao did not proclaimed himself emperor, the supreme power he controlled and the worship he received by people were even more than a feudal emperor. Mao’s rise to power and the nature of his rule marks a significant break with…

At the late of 20th century, Mao Zedong, communist leader, organized the Cultural Revolution in order to assert the authority over the Chinese government. He declared that the nation’s youth to purify the “impure” elements of Chinese society and to revive the revolutionary spirit that lead to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier in order to restore the China’s reputation and power. However, his leadership position in government as in the Soviet Union was weakened and failed his Great Leap…

Before Xiaoping, most women had as many children as they wanted since Zedong encouraged large families. Once the one-child policy was enacted, people were not allowed to have huge families. If families had more than one child, the government could take the baby…

contentious climate of uncertainty. Four notable issues that Osnos’ book addresses in Part II revolve around the themes of access, censorship, resistance, and corruption. The rise of Internet and the growing access to global markets as a result of Deng Xiaoping’s policies, gave rise to a revolving door of opportunities. Most impactful of these changes, the Internet, provided access to foreign media, dissenting voices, and communication on a scale not seen before. In Chapter 8, Osnos talks about…

With thousands left wounded, a seemingly countless number of citizens reported dead, and a country left with a damaged reputation. All of these were the results of a truly unforgettable and shocking event which happened on the 4th of June 1989, the Tiananmen Square massacre. Tiananmen Square, situated in China's capital, Beijing, is the largest public space in the world. Being one of the largest tourist attractions in the world, it is surrounded by monumental public buildings that line its…

In 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong, China’s Communist party leader at the time, launched a social-political movement that became formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Its official goal was to change and correct the direction in which the current Communist leaders were leading China, and to preserve “true” Communist ideology. To rid all possible aspects of capitalism in the country, he shut down the entire nation’s schools and called for a mass assemblage of the country’s youth.…

Ming China last chinese dynasty, 1368-1644 started when the mongols were overthrown zhu yuanzhang started the dynasty and had many military talents population rose about 150 million people economic progress urbanization and technology increase of people that lived in urban areas people were still able to be fed properly China did not have an industrial-technical breakthrough; which is why is it not the dominant power of the world the ming political system The ming dynasty was ruled by a…

The term is fitting. A decade when the only true authority in China was fear, the Ten Years of Chaos (better known as the Cultural Revolution) found its victims in millions of people, creating a dark and bitter age that continues to live in infamy. However idealistic the goals of the Cultural Revolution were, there was no firm plan for its execution. Terrifying purges, torture and brutality were simply enacted on the whims of the Chinese communist dictator, Mao Zedong, and the brainwashed youth…

Overflowing with dramatization, grievousness and loathsomeness, this phenomenal family story of life and death mirrors China 's century of turbulence through the eyes of Jung Chang 's three generations of family: her grandmother, mother and inevitably a life account of herself. In this book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, we get to see the painful effects of Mao’s personality cult, and his painful policies. At age of two, Yu-fang, Jung Chang 's grandmother had her feet bounded. She was…