People's Republic

Comparative paragraph – the two long journeys The two greatest leaders, Hannibal Barca and Mao Zedong, both made the remarkable journey. The first one, Hannibal Barca, was born in 247 B.C. He grew up to be a bold and fearless warrior like his father, who was a general in the army. He decided to march about 2,415 kilometers across the Pyrenees and the Alps. Incredibly, he led the army of about 90,000 men and 37 elephants by walking around 16 kilometers a day for 5 months. Their five-month journey…

“No longer did they think of themselves ‘as different from men as earth was from heaven’, but as half of China holding up or constituting the other ‘half of heaven’” (Croll, 2). Today, the Chinese society alongside with the rest of the world are living in a time where women are not restricted from getting a proper education, living independently, having a good career, and to speak our minds; however, this was not always true in the past. Previously in early China, women were treated like objects…

government in 1937. The period was far more stable than the preceding warlord era. There was enough stability to allow economic growth and the start of ambitious government projects, some of which were taken up again by the new government of the People's Republic after 1949. Nationalist foreign service officers negotiated diplomatic recognition from western governments and began to unravel the unequal treaties. Entrepreneurs, educators, lawyers, doctors, and other professionals were more free to…

From 1960s to the present, the Chinese immigrated to the U.S. exploded dramatically. Political refugees and anti-communist elites came with their intellectually directed children as well as Chinese of all socioeconomic backgrounds came in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Intended to analyze the rise of Chinese American communities from WWII to post-1965, Iris Chang described the escape of intellectuals from mainland China and Taiwan, the rise of immigration under Regan and Deng’s…

Since the 1920s, Soviet communist advisors had been sent to help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) become organized and carry out the communist revolution, but the Soviet communist advisors’ advice almost led to the complete and utter destruction of the Chinese communists at the hands of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party, hereafter KMT). Another issue between the two parties was the fact that Mao based his communism on the idea of the mobilization of the Chinese peasantry, which was not…

Out of the current civilizations and religions in the world, China is the most ancient that still stands today. The religion of China today is a mixture of many different forms, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Chinese folk religion. Forms of these religions and former parts of Chinese religion has been dated to go back to 5000 B.C. The history of China has seen many of dynasties throughout the years. The first known dynasty was the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.).…

On December 26, 1893, the architect of China’s Communist revolution and the founding member of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), Chairman Mao Zedong(毛泽东) was born. Although many of his socialist reforms resulted in failure and caused much devastation for the people of China, his legacy as a nationalist leader and the creator of an independent China still inspires post-Mao generations. Born from a peasant family, Chairman Mao understood what it was like to be in the “98 percent”. This allowed him…

When the CCP came to power in 1949 after the end of the civil war, it enjoyed a remarkable popularity among a population suffered from frequent regime changes and foreign occupation for half of a century. The Party vowed to build an egalitarian modern society and to offer better life for the people, which appealed primarily to the working class and the 1 “Constitution of the Communist Party of China”, Revised and adopted at the Eighteenth National C o n g r e s s o f t h e C o m m u n i s t P a…

anti-rightist campaign and sent tons more people to be re-educated by the peasants and eliminated intellectuals (Green 243) when he heard that not everybody loved what he was doing. In the Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, one article stated, “The People’s Republic…

Many restrictions on travel and trade were lifted. This would become know as “Ping Pong” diplomacy. It was so named after the United States ping-pong team was invited to the Chinese capital in April of 1971. During their visit the group was treated as though they were dignitaries or royalty. They played matches against the Chinese team but also visited important landmarks through out China. The American delegation was accompanied by members of the press and was closely watched by the American…