Mao Zedong

In the book Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is about 2 teenagers named Luo and the narrator that are living in China in the 1970’s. During this time Mao and his communist party was in control of China and were trying to make China into a powerhouse like the US and Russia at the time. They were trying to get rid of the bourgeois and made going to school illegal. They would send the bourgeois kids to be re educated in the countryside. Luo and the narrator are sent to a village to be re…

How have revolutions shaped Chinese history? Throughout Chinese history, revolutions like the Communist Revolution and the Revolution of 1911 shaped it's history. The Communist Revolution The Communist Revolution shaped Chinese history because it showed that the in-power Nationalists were against the communists and what they stood for. It also showed the communists' support for their beliefs and their devotion to their cause. Image result for the communist revolution china The communists had…

China’s name is zhōngguó. Zhōng means middle or central, and guó means country or nation. Together, they create the term “Middle Kingdom.” The Chinese believed themselves to be the center of the world, the most advanced civilization in existence, and anyone outside their civilization was a barbarian. The great rulers of the Zhou united the vast kingdom under their divine rule granted to them by the Mandate of Heaven. These strong rulers created an ideal of tiānxià, a kingdom united “all under…

Mao used this weakness as his strength to win the Civil War. In the movie, Fugui was worried that he would never see his family again after being captured by the nationalist army to fight. It was then when Lao Quan, an old man that he met in the army, reminded…

The Sung Dynasty started in 960 and ended in 1279. It consisted of the Northern Sung, which lasted from 960 to 1127, and Southern Sung which lasted from 1127 to 1279. The economy they had was prosperous and was considered another period of ‘golden age’ after the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Northern Sung was founded by Zhou Kuangyin, who was a military general in the Latter Zhou. In 960, he launched a mutiny Chenqiao county (in current Henan Province). It wasn’t long after that the last king of the…

he calls a ‘Mao’s Republic’. He starts off by saying that Mao was a great storyteller, especially during his Yan’an days when he and his associates combined storytelling with truth telling. By doing this, Mao was able to persuade many people to follow the communist path, becoming very decimated to him as their true leader. Apter gives readers a narration of the Yan’an period and its importance as a symbolic capital that helped to show how Mao clever storytelling gained him the followers he…

turned into murderers simply by allowing the natural darkness inside them to take control of their lives. Through Ralph and Jack, William Golding demonstrates that humans have a natural tendency toward evil; at the same time, the historical parallels of Mao Tse-Tung…

have chosen to do my analysis on is Group A+ created a sculpture of Mao in the form of a Podium made from wood which stood to the height of a person and had various propaganda pieces that formed its body with a centerpiece that states serve the people, but the most interesting part of this piece is that while it is centred around glorifying Mao with propaganda it’s face does the opposite in the way that they portray Mao, Ultimately Mao is given an unflattering expression. Another one is that…

different perspective into the life of a Red Guard. At the same time, while this primary source doesn’t provide straightforward information, it allows for interpretation and analysis, allowing the reader to infer the Red Guards weren’t what Chairman Mao made them out to be. This article is most likely accurate due to it being a first hand account, and it supports other information from the book China Under Communism. Mo Bo, the Red Guard, informs the reader of his life using a serious but…

Equality of Women in Chinese History In ancient China, woman were treated very harshly. They were viewed as property, were treated as inhuman, and had a lack of leadership. Females were treated this way because it was traditional and even if they didn’t like it, they were used to it. Women have long been keeping society’s values in their roles as wives and mothers. They had to obey their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons. In ancient China, women were not allowed to voice their opinion. They…