Mao Zedong

Just over a few decades ago, China, South Korea and Singapore were among the poorest with underdeveloped, weak economies. However, these economies were able to grow rapidly and successfully as they were under the authoritarian regimes during their period of growth. Now, the question is: How has authoritarianism helped these states in achieving economic growth? Political stability is one of the most significant authoritarian advantages to economic growth because it allows leaders to come up with…

invaded Tibet, but in 1913 Tibet was able to fight them back and gained their independence back. This however was not the first nor was it the last time China invaded Tibet. China again invaded Tibet 37 years later, one year after Mao Zedong came to power in China. Mao Zedong was the man that made China the communist country known today. There are always two sides to every story. When China invaded Tibet, they did not look at is invading another country. They looked at as reclaiming what was…

The previous day military tanks roared down Chiangan Avenue towards Tiananmen Square. The Communist Chinese army was ordered to eradicate the pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds were killed and thousands arrested during the massacre. As the sun rose the next morning the rattling of the automatic weapons finally began to vanish. Vehicles were burned to ashes and left on the middle of main avenues. Jeff Widener, an American photographer, captured a stunning photograph from the Beijing Hotel gave…

I am well aware of the terroristic regime that Chairman Mao Zedong dictated from 1949 to 1972 and how he is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 49 to 78 million people. Likewise, Mao Zedong is responsible for the largest death toll and genocide in history and those who spoke against his reign suffered the most brutal of consequences. I recall the 100 flowers movement in which Mao Zedong encouraged others to share thoughts on how he should govern china, only to persecute…

and brutality were simply enacted on the whims of the Chinese communist dictator, Mao Zedong, and the brainwashed youth organized as Red Guards. The powerful move that Mao enacted to implement his vision of a fully communist state stemmed largely from his insecurities and a power struggle involving Lui Shaoqi. But the effect was much larger than destruction of politicians:…

Mao Zedong is revered by many as the ‘founding father of modern China’, with his legacy being not only physically but metaphorically embalmed. However, many, particularly in the West, question this reverence in so far as he halted economic and political progress in China via tumultuous campaigns such as the Great Leap Forward. In order to consider if Mao's importance in Chinese history has been exaggerated, his significance needs to be assessed. Looking at Mao's the impact of his policies at the…

China has been running the world's largest and most successful eugenics program for more than thirty years, driving China's ever-faster rise as the global superpower. I worry that this poses some existential threat to Western civilization. Yet the most likely result is that America and Europe linger around a few hundred more years as also-rans on the world-historical stage, nursing our anti-hereditarian political correctness to the bitter end. When I learned about Chinese eugenics this summer, I…

From 1966 to 1976 in China, Chairman Mao Zedong initiated the Cultural Revolution, a sociopolitical movement to purge China of capitalist and traditional ideas to preserve communism. One of many means by which Mao attempted to eradicate these ideas was by banning books that had any anticommunist ideas, practically every book. He also sent intellectuals to rural villages be “reeducated” through hard labor. In fact, he once stated, “To read too many books is harmful.” The novel Balzac and the…

The Chinese government has decided that couples are allowed two children per household. This is a drastic change from the old one-child policy, implemented after the rule of Mao Zedong. Since the population is 1.3 billion, we should not expect to see a lot of changes. Steven Jiang, a sociologist, said that the policy will affect 100 million couples and it is likely that twenty-three million more births will occur under the new policy. Although China has allowed people to have more choices in…

political and economic atmospheres of the world. China has seen a vast history, especially during the Communist era and the former leader Chairman Mao Zedong, founder of the PRC. Although China has been referred to as an authoritarian state under Mao, it is clear that a more accurate label would be a totalitarian state. However, when China under Mao is compared to contemporary China, China is no longer the same totalitarian…