Mao Zedong

reflected violence as a result of failure in the government. Some people declared that violence is a public health-problem. Whatever reasons they may approach to people, it is certain that violence plays a subordinate role in political life. As Mao Zedong…

evolving. Some of these changes occur naturally based on a peoples' environment, while others are caused by people or a group of people. These people do not necessarily change the society around them for the better though. Adolf Hitler of Germany and Mao Zedong of China are two people that believed they were aiding society when in fact they were ruining it. Adolf Hitler…

on politics in China (“The Qing Dynasty”, Wu). Instead of debating with governmental discussions, the military eventually entered into the conflict. The Kuomintang leaders Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek fought for a democratic Republic of China. Mao Zedong, head of the Communist Party, believed in Soviet Communistic ideals. Communism was favored by the lower, the proletariat (Durdin). When emperor Pu Yi lost power and the Qing dynasty collapsed, the Nationalist Party stepped in and ruled the…

Justification of the U.S. Method of Communism Containment The methods used by the United States method to stop communism were unjustified. The U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism, so they supported countries trying to free themselves from Soviet power. They did not help every country that were in need aid. For instance, the United States used broadcast propaganda programs to encourage capitalist democracy, but when the Hungarian protested against the Soviet Union; the U.S.failed to help…

The Qing dynasty began in 1644 when the Manchu people took over China and began their reign. It was not the greatest dynasty, nor the longest, but during its regime the people of China were changed forever, and it would be the last of the dynastic empires to rule. The people of China were exposed to the Western world through trade and conflicts like the Opium Wars. The influences that resulted from these exposures, as well as aspects of traditional Chinese Culture led to the modern Chinese…

Religion in China Religion first sprouted it’s roots in China’s grand history during the Shang Dynasty. The people worshipped weather gods and sky gods, but the most important god was named Shang-Ti ("History of Chinese Religion"). People who lived during the dynasty also believed that their ancestors became similar to gods. Each family worshiped their own ancestors. Daoism soon followed, which taught the people to keep peace through compromise and using natural forces ("History of Chinese…

Q1. New Economic Policy: Leonid Brezhnev During the 1920’s, Vladimir Lenin was in charge of what he had recently renamed, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This was a time of distress for the people of the USSR. Famine had struck and the majority of the population was starving in many cases it even led to death. Lenin’s response in aiding the economic situation was to implement his “New Economic Policy”. Although Lenin’s ideologies truly lied in communism, he was willing to leave…

In short, the Cultural Revolution was a 20 year long, civil war in China launched by communist leader Mao Zedong in order for him to reassert his place in the government. The revolution ended in 1976 after Mao’s death, suggesting that the main character Mr. Chiu is old enough to know and remember what the revolution was, and that his series of unfortunate…

Party (known as the CCP) and funded GMD. (Wood, 14, 9.) Mao Zedong was born December 26, 1893, and died September 9, 1976, at the age of eighty-two. Mao was in service as chairman of the People's Republic of China from…

They were enacted in hope of saving China’s economy, following the death of Mao Zedong. These reforms stressed economic self-reliance. They wanted China to have a sense of stability in their economy, while being independent at the same time. The Four Modernizations were designed to make China an economic power by the early 21st century. China was, in fact, able to hurry along their economic development with the help of these reforms. China used foreign investment, a more open market, access to…