Sun Yat-sen

Both China and Russia began with different goals for how they wanted to govern their countries after their respective revolutions. When Sun Yat-Sen, leader of the nationalists and head of the new republic, envisioned his China, he yearned for a western style democratic government. It would be quite new and different from what China had experienced in basically it’s entire timeline, but Sun Yat-Sen saw it’s potential and how far it could advance a society. This new society would be based on his three principals of the people. These were nationalism, democracy and economic security. In stark contrast to this, Russia was controlled by the communist known as N Lenin. While China wished to give the power to the people, Russia wished to soak all…

Sun Yat-sen took several years to take succeed in his chinese revolution. He was able to accomplish this through many years of persistence and gaining a very extensive network throughout several neighboring countries. Without his extensive network he would have failed many times. He overcame several exiles and seeing several other revolutionist squashed. Sun Yat-sen created one of the best revolutions of the 20th century. Chinese dynasties are known for lasting a very long time, and the current…

revolution without an identifiable, present leader. As Ah-Q attempts to join the rebels the narrator states, “it wasn’t enough to surrender to the revolutionaries, or even to coil your queue up on to your head. The key was make contact with the Revolutionary Party itself.” At this point in the novel Ah-Q had declared his loyalty to the Revolutionary Party, without ever making contact with any Party leadership and with no way to do so. Similarly, Chinese rebels operated in the name of the…

Background on Nationalism & Gender in Republican China The purpose of this section is to provide a basic understanding of nationalism and gender in Republican China (1911-1949). There will be a brief analysis of how and why Chinese nationalism developed, followed by another brief analysis of how gender expectations in society may have changed. The understanding of nationalism and gender in Republican China is important to this essay because it provides a background to the essay’s argument. In…

Thus, the Fist of Fury is a great example of the nationalism depicted in films and also the anti-Japanese sentiments. It is very common to know that in the past and even today, there is still this negative and superior feeling toward the Japanese. There are various reasons why there are these negative sentiments towards the Japanese (and vice versa) but some can be that it may lie in the struggle for power and influence in Asia between China and Japan. Another reason may be because there are…

Sun Yatsen is known as ‘the father of the nation’ (China). He was one the of the Chinese revolutionaries who brought about the ideas of modernism and the plans to regenerate the nation of China. Sun was the one who had taught the ideas of his revolution to the ones who triggered the double tenth (10th October 1911), where nationalists began an uprising against the imperial system. This was the the Qing, imperial rulers of China. The entire imperial system had lasted for about 3000 years, but…

I would like to study China’s 1935 Currency Reform to investigate the central-provincial relations. After graduating from Stony Brook University, I worked at a business firm where I found that the current European debt crisis shares some similarities with Chinese economy of the 1930s. One of the most crucial issues of the euro crisis is the legitimacy of the European Central Bank. Some members, like Greece, argue that the monetary policy of euro only considers Germany’s interests, but neglects…

Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed illuminates the issues that are surrounded by being an individual that experiences poverty. This essay will take the information that was provided by Ehrenreich’s experience and compare it to social welfare policy in the United states to see if it is helping those who are affected by poverty. The essay will also consider the ideology that surrounds the government and if that has any effect on the social welfare state in the current era. Social welfare…

process of expanding people’s opportunities to live satisfactory well-being life. I will describe the impact of economy in the development, examine the social and political aspect in the development, and lastly, I will discuss about healthy life and how it’s related to the development. First, indeed, the development is somewhat determined by the economic factor. According to Arthur Lewis in The Theory of Economic Growth, “the advantage of economic growth is not that wealth increases, but it…

The Causes and Effects of Poverty Currently, poverty is one of the most disastrous problems in the world. There is a huge number of people that die every year due to the lack of good standards for living such as education, jobs, food, and health care. Many countries around the world have a variety of people who need help in order to have the ability to live in difficult circumstances. However, not many people from developed countries help these kinds of people who are in need. Poverty…