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    by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) when she was only 19 Years old. She was highly intelligent, attended college, and is now a actress. Always remained in Private Schools, four to be exact.y In 1982 she wrote a book with Alvin Moscow called ¨Every Secret Thing.¨ She was the third daughter of Randolph A. Hearst. She was born on February 20, 1954 and is currently 63. The SLA did not treat her like your normal hostage. But here i'm going to tell you about the SLA and Patty Hearst's kidnapping. The Kidnapping The year was 1974, on February fourth was when the 19 month sentence with the SLA began. Hearst was at her house along with her fiance´ when the abduction happened. Her fiance´ at the time was Steve Weed. Weed was assaulted with a wine bottle as the incident occurred. Little did Randolph Hearst know, he was about to have a pretty hefty ransom for his daughter's life.…

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    China Threat Analysis

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    Its economic growth has been exceptionally fast with expeditious rates of gross domestic product growth . Alongside its economy, it is conjointly a major political and military force. China’s expanding military power and security had been fuelled by acquisition of advanced foreign weapons, continued high rates of investment in its domestic defence and technology industries, and armed forces reforms. The People’s Liberation Army of China has transformed from a mass army to one that is capable of…

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    China 's Military History and Culture Introduction The history of China was shaped by armed conflicts and wars. Especially, China’s military history can be dated back to 2200 BC and divided into the following periods that are before 1911, the period of the Republic of China and the People 's Liberation Army (PLA) (Graff & Higham, 2012). Noteworthy, most of the imperial dynasties in China were established from successful battles. However, the great peasant rebellion and the collapse of the…

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    Deng Xiaoping Summary

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    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…

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    People's Liberation Army

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    Modernization of the Chinese military includes the “three pillars”: development of new weapons systems and capabilities, improving professionalism and quality of Chinese military personnel, and the development of new war-fighting doctrines for using the new capabilities (Shambaugh and Yahuda 2014). The People’s Liberation Army is China’s largest land force and has become a useful policy tool “both in terms of its combat potential and its role in security cooperation” (Shambaugh and Yahuda). An…

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    Important Examples in Assata’s Book Assata Shakur, or by her real name JoAnne Byron was an African American member of many black parties. Some being: The Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Party which promote equal rights for blacks and both had many movements in the 1970s, which is around the time Assata was convicted of murder and robbery. This makes her an easy target for reasons behind robbing a white bank. Assata was imprisoned and ending up escaping to Cuba. The FBI have her…

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    “He had a way of touching your elbow or shoulder, upping his chin with a slight jerk and crowding into his eye such a warmth of blessing… he made you feel you’d contributed a boon to the whole human race” (“Douglas MacArthur” 1). MacArthur came from a background of a strict military upbringing. His father and grandfather were both generals and being raised on a military base MacArthur was destined to be a part of the United States military. His life was shaped and structured, but he had a…

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    China Electoral System

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    position; the State council is the executive branch, which governs daily activities. There are also the institutional interest groups and corporation interest groups which have a sort of power when there are policy makings as they have privileges to seek advantages in those policies as they have business relationship with the country representatives. The national people’s congress is the legislative branch, which has delegates from all around china, and there is almost to no judicial system,…

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    Serial Killer Scenarios

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    which did not played in this case, Huang Yong stayed only in certain areas. In China, child kidnappings are old news, about one hundred and ninety disappear every day, mostly, and it is believe, to trafficking gangs, though no one really has an idea how many simply fall prey to independent, transient abductors (Johnson, 2013). The victims’ families are usually poor, in rural areas, where their family is always overworking, or the uninterested police forces, which showed in this case, can show…

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    Nationalism. Mark Kykholt article “Aggression, Victimization, and Chinese historiography of the Nanjing Massacre” explains the reasons that prompted the Japanese to engage in a massacre and afterword’s argues how China used the massacre as a weapon of nationalism against Japan. According to Kykholt, there are a number of factors that contributed to the Japanese aggression in Nanking. The first factor is that the possibility of directed action against Chinese. Since there were no attacks…

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