Mao Zedong

process known as the cultural revolution. Mao Zedong established the cultural revolution to consolidate China but more importantly to affirm his position as the leader. Initially the revolution was rooted in education and the youth of China. Young minds were pushed towards accepting the more basic revolutionary virtues and dismissing Russian communism. Schools were frowned upon because they harbored a selective mentality that contradicted communist values. Mao Zedong believed that his vision of…

children and teens in China. It shows us recent dark history of China and different perspectives of censorship. Mao Zedong (also known as Chairmen Mao) was a Chinese leader from 1949 till his death in 1976. He moved millions of urban youth into rural areas to be reeducated during his cultural revolution movement. Many kids were taken away from their families and never saw them again. Mao Zedong also banned books he deemed as inappropriate. We see examples of this in the book Balzac and the…

However, when Deng Xiaoping became a former chairman after Mao Zedong, he changes the communist economic system and choose a capitalist economic system. Section 1 There are five mysteries of capital mentioned in the book of The Mystery of Capital which each chapters explains about them. The five mysteries of…

69 year old Anselm Kiefer is a very famous painter and sculptor. He often uses the components of history and mythology in his paintings. Kiefer is a contemporary artist, meaning his works are produced in the present generation. Being born in Donaueschingen Germany, Nazi Germany is one of the main influences to his artwork, as he uses his artwork to display stories of how he believed Germany should have been, and how they relate to their past, as well as leave the negativity behind. Since he…

Mao had a few positive impacts but his negative impacts overpowered them causing Mao Zedong to have an overall negative impact on China because he killed many people, and caused desolation during his reign. For instance, just after he became the ruler of China, he had given most rights to the peasants. In order to achieve this, he had killed all of the capitalists and landlords that resisted and opposed to him. Since he is killing his own people, he has a negative impact on the country. In…

Tibet has long been a target for its neighboring countries, especially China. Since its foundation in the late 7th century, the former independent state has been invaded, conquered, and used too many times to count. To name a few: in 1207, it was the Genghis Khan-led Mongols, whom Tibet allowed to take control for fear of a potentially devastating fight (Leibo). In 1604, an army came from Manchuria and took Tibet by force. In 1903 (McKay), Colonel Francis Younghusband took it upon himself to…

Once the nationalist regime was driven to relocate to the island of Taiwan, Zedong established a strict communist regime that he believed was the key to protecting and maintaining their victory. Mao Zedong imposed land reforms, five year plans, and the great leap forward to motivate his people to catch up with other leading countries. Li Hua was a famous communist woodcut artist. His work…

Li Yan On Jan.18, Mao Yinmei, the last Korean "comfort woman" in China, passed away at the age of 95, in the Sancha township, Xiaogan city, Hubei province. Mao was forced to serve as a "comfort woman" at the age of 18, in a Japanese military brothel in Wuchang. Mao was transferred from Korea by car to the north of China, then to Nanjing in 1945. In July 1945, Mao came to Wuhan and was locked in the comfort stations in Hankou and Wuchang, with other over 10 Korean women, Mao was quoted as…

the media and the rest of the country into thinking that these actions were justtifed. The last leader that I will write about is the Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong was in power of China from 1949 to 1959. Mao Zedong was a chinese communist leader and one of the founding memebers of the People's Republic of China. Mao is better known for starting the Cultural Revolution a attempt to make the youth of China to get rid of old Chinese customs and to preseve the…

It does not matter what country we live; we always concern about how much power the president and the government are holding, especially in some democracy countries, such as the United States of America. In American Democracy in Peril, Hudson’s main argument regarding chapter one Separation of Powers, is American current system of government is inefficient, unaccountable, and unresponsive, and he suggests that a Parliamentary system is adopted in order to solve Pandora’s Box as government and…