Hundred Flowers Campaign

February 27, 1957, his speech “On the Correct Handling of the Contradictions Among the People,” which outlined the future of China that Mao wanted for them. Specifically, in the speech Mao said, “Let a hundred flowers blossom, let a hundred schools of thought contend,” thus forth the Hundred Flowers Campaign. “Soon,” as Gilbert King reported, “writers, lawyers, academics, and scientists began speaking out, criticizing party cadres for meddling and obstructing important work. Students began…

political campaigns within China. One of the first chapters tells about the troubles that followed once Liang’s mother was labeled a “Rightist” and had to face backlash. This one label caused his mother to be sent away to a re-education camp and his parents to divorce. Before the Hundred Flowers campaign, Liang and his family were expected to live a nice life in the upcoming communist system because of their careers. One of the first memories in Liang’s life shows how this campaign targeted…

“One doesn’t establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship,” said George Orwell (338). Many of the 20th century revolutions that occurred throughout the world resulted in the establishment of dictatorships. The men behind these revolutions gained prestige and were able to gain positions of power. The two regimes that best exemplify this are the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba, which lasted from 1961 until 2011, and Mao Zedong…

In 1840 the Qing dynasty was in control of the Chinese government. China was threatened by the British and Western Barbarians. This resulted in what is known as the Opium War. The British government was exporting Opium to China. Chinese citizens were getting addicted to opium and eventually the Chinese government stopped opium import from Great Britain. This hurt the British economy and resulted in a war between the two countries. At the end of the Opium War China was forced to give up land and…

computers, televisions, and cell phones people are surrounded all day by news and entertainment. However, TV commercials are the only aspect of presidential campaigns where the candidates have ultimate control over their images. Script, editing, performance, and visuals are utilized by TV commercials to refine a candidate’s primary campaign points into smaller influential illustrations. These commercials elicit reactions of support for a candidate or evoke doubt regarding his opponent. Even…

largely made up of urban, youthful demographics, with a significant skew toward women” (BI, 2016). Bloom & Wild is a company based in the United Kingdom, that allows customers to send an arrangement of flowers with a click of a button. Each bouquet is hand-picked and designed by a professional flower florist. They have…

gap, and the national push for post-secondary education. Nationally, education is a pressing topic on the legislative. Following the DeMarco strategic template for campaigning, an advocacy plan has been constructed. 1) Initial organizing of the campaign. As a lobbyist, the political terrain would be mapped to identify networks and coalitions; in Chicago, this would include: The Chicago Teacher’s Union, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Illinois Collaboration on Youth,…

The global cause to protect these insects from scientist, politicians, global leaders, corporations, and organizations have started to campaign to save this species from extinction. “The CCD Steering Committee was formed with the charge to help coordinate a federal response to address this problem” (). The CCD committee derived from the 2006 Colony Collapse Disorder that is made of organizations…

denounced the Jews over the airwaves to a national audience as “other peoples” employing their enormous influence . . . to lead our country to destruction” (Roth 15). Lindbergh later campaigns with more spectacle by flying across the country in his plane and delivering speeches wherever he lands. When first announcing his campaign in California, Roth writes about how this spectacle was viewed upon by the american people, “it was as though the country hadn’t known the stock market crash and the…

relatable. Blue Kite’s plot is simple but not common. The film follows the life of a family in Beijing from the early 1950s to the 1960s. Major conflicts and changes in the family are caused by major political events during the period. The Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Anti-Rightest Movement, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution are the events shown in the film. Therefore, it is unarguable that the film’s plot is one unique to China. The film makes these events and their…