Economic reform in the People's Republic of China

Chinese Communist Party celebrated over sixty-seven years in power. Founded in 1949, the People’s Republic of China has been able to survive terrible human tragedies and political upheavals. Examples include the Great Famine and Mao’s Cultural Revolution of 1966-76. While China modeled its system after the Soviet Union, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party has been unique in overcoming its tragedies, and China has emerged as a powerful and dynamic superpower under the Party. In 2013,…

The ‘lost chance’ argument for Sino-American accommodation was undermined by the ideology of both parties. There never existed a chance in 1949 whereby the United States could detach the People’s Republic of China from the Soviet sphere of influence. Chinese diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union were too intimate despite the tensions that arose between Mao and Stalin throughout the late 1940s. The cultural and historical context that the Chinese Communists evoked when dealing with the…

The internationalization of Chinese higher education can be traced back almost two centuries. In 1840, following the defeat of the Chinese Empire in the Opium Wars, China was introduced to the concept of modern western education. Chinese higher education started in 1912, with one university and 94 professional staffs. Involvementing inthe World War II against Japan with Japan slowed the development of higher education institutions until 1949. By 1949, there were only 205 colleges and…

regime changes and foreign occupation for half of a century. The Party vowed to build an egalitarian modern society and to offer better life for the people, which appealed primarily to the working class and the 1 “Constitution of the Communist Party of China”, Revised and adopted at the Eighteenth National C o n g r e s s o f t h e C o m m u n i s t P a r t y o f C h i n a o n N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 2 . X i n h u a , N o v . 1 8 , 2 0 1 2 1 peasants oppressed in the previous society, but…

the modern world. For China, the twentieth century was a turbulent time of constant warfare and momentous political and social changes. There are two notable twentieth-century events that are widely considered to be the Chinese “Revolution” in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and history textbooks. The first one is the 1911 Revolution, also known as the “Xinhai Revolution,” which brought about the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the end to over 2,000 years of imperial rule in China, and the…

their jobs in the economic downturn (Mundi 2015).…

economically. In modern times, there are over one hundred countries in the world that share key liberal principles (Doyle,2008,56), however, there are many regions, such as Middle East, Asia, South and Central America, Africa, Russia and former Soviet republics that have a number of countries that are driven by ideology, religion, or desire…

every open university has its own purpose, economic, political, cultural, and social factors influence establishment,…

However, now China, a nation that was generally docile when conversing the international stage, has begun to implement a new strategy to combat the American influence. While presiding over Asia, thus securing their backyard, while also heeding the words of Sun Tzu, “fighting where their enemy isn’t,”by capitalizing on extending their own influence into regions the Americans have neglected. Sun Tzu often warns the reader throughout his treatise, “do not besiege walled cities” - China is in the…

Socialism and Communism for skeptic Capitalists Social and economic divisions, throughout history, have and will, lead to protests riots and revolution. Since Ancient Rome there have been class divisions and inequalities driven by the whips of Capitalism. However, the social welfare, political equality and classless society of socialism and communism are going to eliminate the differences and inequalities found in Capitalism. As a result, the final stage of human nature will be reached, bringing…