People's Republic of China

CULTURE AWARENESS OF NORTH KOREA This essay will cover the cultural awareness of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is also known as North Korea. The U.S. Army defines culture as a “dynamic social system” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms of a “specific group, organization, society, or other collectively” learned shared, internalized, and changeable by all members of the society. Cultural is defined by Webster’s dictionary as the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a…

Zedong as the only paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without any formal government positions, such as the head of state, the head of government or the General Secretary. He was regarded as ‘the architect’, who successfully strengthened the country with his revolutionary economic reform program- the ‘Open Door’ policy. With that mentioned, this essay focuses on Deng Xiaoping’s effort in his economic reform program that has changed China tremendously. Throughout this essay,…

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 government to become communist. Communism changed China…

Kindergarten” was written by a Chinese-American writer, Ha Jin. He started to write when he studied in America. Ha Jin was born in 1956 in the northern Chinese city of Jinzhou. He has grown up during the Cultural Revolution 1960s. He joined the People’s Liberation Army when he was fourteen-year-old and could only continue his studies at the age of 21 when the colleges were reopened. He furthered his studies at local universities and was majoring in English. He started publishing his works when…

restriction on foreign investment. The Japanese would force China to change this policy in 1895 with the Treaty of Shimonoseki. In 1914 the SSE was forced to close for three months because of WWI. After WWI the SSE would stay open until closing for forty nine years, starting in 1941 with Japanese soldiers occupying Shanghai. The communist revolution of 1949 would force the SSE to stay closed. Following the revolution it was the People 's Republic of China’s (PRC) attitude towards anything…

Mao Zedong. He wanted to spread his ideologies across China and impose his beliefs. He paved the way for the Cultural Revolution and changed the way the people in China lived for an entire decade. There were many consequences caused by the Cultural Revolution which affected China for years to come, two of which are: it severely damaged the educational system…

Mao Tse-Tung, influenced the People’s Republic of China and helped to end the Republic Period by leading in the Chinese Rebellion. However, Mao Zedong was not a beneficial leader. He was rather detrimental as is evident through the social, political, and cultural changes of China during this time period. While historians argue that Mao Zedong was one of the most destructive rulers of history, loyal Chinese and other historians argue that Mao Zedong helped improve China due to his leadership in…

associations’ and societies’ work (40%), legal counseling and service (25%), policy consulting (22%) and poverty reduction (21%). 2.2 Hong Kong Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of China, facing the South China Sea in the south, and bordering Guangdong Province in the north. Hong Kong is China's richest region, has one of the world's most liberal economies and is a major international center of finance and trade. Hong Kong…

It is necessary to focus on the “One-child” policy in order to describe the political and economic situations and the demographic factors that led Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to formulate this legislation. This paper presents the positive, but especially the dramatic consequences of this law that affects today’s society. The “One-child” policy was one of the government's decisions regarding the family. The aim of the law was to reduce the strong demographic growth due to political reforms and the…

may vary from the future generation who did not live through the Cultural Revolution to foreigners who may not have much knowledge about the occurrence of these life-changing events. For those in general who are not quite clear about the history of China during President Mao Zedong’s time in office, may also enjoy reading this documentary too. To inform the new citizens of China’s past, it prevents the repetition of certain…