Hua Guofeng

Since the late 1970s, China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and development. Established in 1949, the People’s Republic of China, under the governance of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) set forth to achieve national unity, social and economic change and freedom from foreign interference (Cienciala, 1999). Mao’s economy was established by 1952, and was a socialist, command economy (Mitter, 2008). Started on the simple principle frequently stated by Deng Xiaoping,…

The Chinese Cultural Revolution Grew up and educated in China, the Chinese Cultural Revolution was only briefly mentioned in my history class. The way the textbook described the Cultural Revolution, made it seems so insignificant and “normal”. Living abroad, with access to more information, I want to uncover it from the “history textbook”. First, I want to know how exactly the Cultural Revolution happened and evolved. The Cultural Revolution started in 1966 by Chairman Mao Zedong and the…

Within 50 years, from 1949 to the end of the 20th century, the People 's Republic of China has gone from a poor, isolated, under-developed, overpopulated country to one of the biggest economies and most powerful countries in the world. That 50-year journey was long, difficult and different at various periods for the people of China. To elaborate, contradicted to the fact that the Communist Party of China has been the one dominant political regime, China has witnessed many changes within the…

“It will be like that until someone decides to change it. All of it. But how did you change an entire culture? Revolutions were about politics, not perceptions, weren 't they?” (“A Quote from Infidel”). I believe this quote really defines what the Cultural Revolution was all about because the Cultural Revolution started with one man with a vision to shape China’s future, and that man was Mao Zedong. He wanted to spread his ideologies across China and impose his beliefs. He paved the way for the…

On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China. China followed the Soviet model of government from 1949 to 1959, but the Soviet model relied heavily on a large industrial population. China did not have a large industrial population (Stanton 2016). Instead, Mao made the foundation of his revolution the peasants (Marlay and Neher 1999). Mao instigated a reworking of Chinese society during his rule, as Mao strictly believed that change must be the constant…

A Decade of History Much of the Western world associates Chines with the restriction of individual expression. This view was enhanced by the West’s observations of repression under the political leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the Cultural Revolution that was started by Chairman Mao Zedong to strengthen his control over the Chinese government and renew the revolutionary spirit of the Chinese people, and in particular, the youth of China. Mao Zedong…

Mao Zedong gained power when china had a bad time and he took the advantage .He leaded china from 1949 to the day of his death which was in 1976 .Communist is a society where people in property is publicly owned and they get paid according of what they can do . Mao Zedong did make a better society economically better because he opened up doors for the lower class and he tried to help those in need.Mao Zedong didn’t make China socially better because he didn’t allow people to express who they…

Roaring Dragon Hotel Proposal By Ridhima Agarwal Sullivan University Management Summary The proposal unfolds what went wrong when HI (Hotel International) was called forth to modernize RDH (Roaring Dragon Hotel), a state owned enterprise (SOE) in South-West China. RDH was a guanxi-based hotel where social bonds were of utmost importance (Grainger, 2008). When HI arrested the declining resources of RDH, employees faced the cross culture differences trying to adapt to the novel and modern…

Balzac Essay In Dai Sijie ́s novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, the narrator and his friend Luo get to read several books by many different authors. However, Dai chose to name his novel after the French Revolution era author, Honore de Balzac. The novel takes place during the Cultural Revolution; a mass campaign in the People's Republic of China, organized by the leader of the Communist Party, Mao Zedong, from 1966 to 1976. It directed against senior party officials and…

"Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favor." My artistic talent, in comparison to past classmates and relatives, has always been overshadowed so subsequently I had little desire to develop whatever talents I did possess. Notwithstanding, I’ve always wanted to be able to sculpt, paint, and draw with the same ease and beauty those past friends and teachers had shown. Moreover, I’ve always enjoyed museums and art galleries or anything that enhances my overall knowledge in various cultures and their…