Mao Zedong

the second and third 5 Year Plans in 1933 and 1938, respectively in addition to the economic policy of collectivization. However, Mao realized that the Soviet model for industrial development was not working in China due to China’s high ratio of people to resources and what first started off as Soviet aid had now turned into excessive loans and exploitation. Therefore, Mao modified the goals of the first 5 Year Plan and progressed towards the Great Leap Forward as his version of the second 5…

Hallyu and Cosmetic Surgery in China Introduction In episode 5 of Hurry Up, Brother!, a Chinese version of the South Korean hit reality game show Running Man, Deng Chao, the team’s leader, said “What? No! I can’t do that, my nose is fake! I just had it done in the Korean style! (YouTube)” In fact, this is not the first time Deng has parodied the prevalence of cosmetic surgery in China. In fact, undergoing the knife is neither a rarity nor a secret in the PRC’s entertainment industry; in truth,…

During the Period of the Warring States, from 403 B.C.E. - 221 B.C.E., political confusion aroused in China. During this time, many thoughtful people sought to restore political and social order by reflecting on the proper roles of human beings in society. As a result, three philosophical schools of thought emerged: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Although all three of these philosophies were formed to restore order to China, each one had very different ideals about how to cure the ills of…

The New Culture Movement in China, also known as the May 4th Movement took place in China in the 1910’s and 1920’s and was a rejection of traditional Chinese culture that many intellectuals felt hindered the progress of China. These intellectuals thought that the clinging to old tradition and a Confucian ideology made China weak in the eyes of a progressive western society. There were several reasons that intellectuals felt this was the case, however there are a few reasons that stand out while…

Life-changing experiences, or turning points, often cause difficulty to the person who is facing them. This thought is explored in the text,” The Father of Chinese Aviation,” by Rebecca Maksel, the autobiography Warriors Don’t Cry written by Melba Pattillo Beals, and the narrative I Never Had it Made by Jackie Robinson. Feng Ru, The first Chinese Aviator, Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the first black children to go to a white school, and Jackie Robinson, the first black MLB player, have all…

Although things were improving and changing under the control of Chiang Kai-shek the Communists party was not satisfied with their current position in society. Mao had failed with the previous attempted revolt in the Autumn Harvest Uprising he continued to work with the peasants and low working class in the rural Chinese provinces. However, Mao still believed in the power and force behind a peasant revolution and that they would “rise like a tornado or tempest—a force so extraordinarily swift…

reasons why Hitler and Mao were able to maintain power and the methods that were used have similarities and differences. Hitler and Mao were two authoritarian leaders that were able to rise and maintain power in the 20th century. Mao, who was a strong left-wing socialist was able to maintained his power in China. Hitler on the other hand, was a heavy right-wing fascist, and was able to maintain his power in Germany. All in all, the methods and ideologies used by both Hitler and Mao were unique…

Under the guidance of Chairman Mao, Chinese people start to propaganda the new idea, new culture, and new theory because of this propaganda. Although lots of people think the Cultural Revolution was failure and have many adverse thing for women, it is clear that because of the propaganda during that time Chinese women change a lot, it considers the new cultural idea…

Chinese masculinity as a concept can be observed as early as the Zhou dynasty (Hinsch,2013). The transformation of Chinese masculinity has taken place many times since then and much research has emerged regarding how it is portrayed in Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. However, research on Chinese masculinity in Mainland films is limited, primarily because the film industry started to develop only after the Open-door policy in 1970s. Even though this was only four decades ago, significant changes…

4. A proletarian revolution Mao’s Cultural Revolution is less commonly referred to in full as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Proletarian revolution is defined as a social revolution in which the working class overthrows the bourgeoisie and upper class. The ideas behind a proletarian revolution aimed to preserve true Communist ideologies of China by getting rid of the capitalist and traditional elements in society, moreover its goals aimed to re-impose Maoist thought as the dominant…