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condense evidence collected from books, documents, biographies and more about the events that occurred between 1959 and 1966. I will then talk about the failure of Mao’s resignation as president, Great Leap Forward, his power struggle with Liu Shoaqi and Deng Xiaoping and the propagating of his

The monstrous event that happened on June 4th, 1989 will be forever remembered as one of the most tragic days in human history. However, many decades ago, this event was foreseen and was foretold in the book, 1984, by George Orwell. Orwell saw the rise of totalitarianism, and he was deeply disturbed by what he saw. He believes totalitarianism will be the method that communist party adopts to fight freedom. The book foreshadows many of the events that will happen in a communist society. In many ways

In the 1960’s the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong feared that China would move too far in a revisionist direction with an emphasis on expertise rather than on ideological purity as the Soviet model was doing. In response Mao gathered a group of radicals such as Defense Minister Lin Biao to help him attack current party leadership to reassert the authority he had lost during the recent economic crisis and the Great Leap Forward. In 1966, Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural

growth-wise. Other countries such as Japan and Hong Kong were experiencing rapid growth from exports as shown in Exhibit 6, and China wanted to follow in their footsteps. The country has hard-working and educated people who could help make this a reality and Deng knew this was the next step in helping the country to be among the most advanced and most improved4. The United States has always been a wise contender and is always looking for ways to better its

economic modernizer. Hua initiated his economic modernization program, which was primarily a state-led, investment-driven program that focused on heavy industrialization or big-push industrialization. This program was launched with the full support of Deng Xiaoping and other leaders in the country (Coase & Wang, 2013). The economic modernization program only lasted for two years because of changes in leadership and its own defects that hindered success. The second phase of revitalization of state

Kennedi Alsop 10/18/14 Start Time: 7:54 PM End Time: 9:08 PM FYS Will China Democratize? Dr. Kate Kaup Take Home Midterm Exam: Due In Class on Monday Please use no more than *75* minutes to complete your midterm. Please write the start and finish time on your midterm. Please do not consult your notes or readings (or classmates! ☺ ) Part One: Identify and explain the significance of **four** of the following terms. Give the date where appropriate. (8 points each, 32 points total. Recommended time:

Turmoil at Tiananmen The Prodemocracy Movement, the Bloody Massacre in Tiananmen Square, and the Tiananmen Square Incident or Massacre are just a few of the names of the protests that went wrong that began in April 1989 and came to an upsetting end in June 1989. The citizens of China had wanted a political form for a long time, but did not know how and when to start. The protests started when a favored government official died. Shortly after, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Communist China, and everyone

excesses, social unrest and built-up consumer demands created high expectations for China’s reformers. Like Mao, Deng’s plan came in two stages. In the first, he decollectivized agriculture and welcomed foreign investment. During the final stage, Deng hoped to partially privatize more state-owned industries. Initially, Deng’s institutional reforms and opening of China to foreign trade achieved great economic success. At the same time, the rapidly growing economy limited the state’s power and increased

monstrous industry that it is now. Mainly, she credits the large migration of people from the rural areas to the cities because this caused major political reform. The PRC were then able to move into the global economy with a new strategy, given by Deng Xiao Ping, which consequently caused trade to open up and certain cities to be designated as placeholders for economic development with the potential for newer business. Most importantly, the reestablishment of the hukou system in the early sixties

The government introduced the so-called One Hundred Flowers campaign in the spring of 1956 with the slogan "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend." The intention was to motivate and enhance creative freedom; the next year, it was extended to include freedom of intellectual expression. Many people construed this to mean an increased tolerance of political expression, but the government did not accept, and the result was a large-scale cleanse and removal of intellectuals