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    military background. Even with the help of the Americans the relationship between the Americans and the Kuomintang was not all that great. Even Chiang, “for his part, had little respect for Marshall, or for Americans in general. In his diary, Chiang often referred to Americans as naïve, superficial, emotional, and immature” (Tanner 37). But in order to ensue American support for the Kuomintang Chiang had to continue to deal and make amends with Marshall. In the eyes of the Americans Chiang is seen

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    In 1949 the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) beat the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War becoming the reigning regime in China. The new communist leadership drastically changed China’s future. Today the CCP remains in power in China, shaping every aspect of Chinese society. Academics like Chalmers Johnson argue that the CCP’s ability to mobilize Chinese peasants ultimately led to the CCP’s victory. This paper will supplement Johnson’s argument by examining how KMT economic, military, and ideological

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    Bao Qin's Wild Swans

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    preferred the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the Kuomintang (KMT) based solely off of her experiences, while also comparing and contrasting her choice to her

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    The country of China throughout the last century has experienced a large and significant variety of governmental systems, from historical to contemporary. From the Manchu Empire which focused on Confucianism to the current Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China, the government of China has changed drastically throughout the years, ultimately contributing to the country that China is today. It is significant to understand that the changes made in the governmental system were so drastic

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    The Communist Party's Successful Gain of China In the early 20th century China was facing historical difficulties leading to a big change. The poor peasants in China did not own their own land and had to pay heavy rents and taxes to the landlords. Desperately poor and illiterate, they were vulnerable to disease, draught, food and famine. This is a very important reason why the Communist came into power. The Nationalists controlled South China in the year of 1928

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    While campaigning for last year’s national vote, Narendra Modi promised a “new chapter” in Indo-Pak history if he became India’s Prime Minister (P.M). Instead, bilateral relations through his first year and a half in office stuck to a prologue both fractious and pinned by testy cross-border rhetoric. All that has changed now, at least on the surface. After Modi pleasantly surprised Pakistan by gatecrashing P.M Nawaz Sharif’s birthday party on December 25, there is hope for a new era, or at least

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    Taiwan - Sociocultural Analysis Taiwan is an island that is a part of the continent of Asia. Asiatic cultures vary from Western culture and require sociological and cultural analysis to completely understand. The New World Encyclopedia online resource defines culture in an easy to understand way. According to New World Encyclopedia (2013), “Culture is a complex of features held by a social group, which may be as small as a family or a tribe, or as large as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or

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    The Chinese Civil War

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    weaknesses, in addition to their complete dedication during the years. {408 words} Body Throughout the history of China, the civil strife in China had marked a significant event. With two parties established; the Nationalist known as Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), conflicts between them began to erupt due to their difference in beliefs when CCP began to question to morality of democracy and capitalism. This led to the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949)

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    (Szczepanski; "Wuchang"). Soon after, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen, established the Republic of China, but it did not stop the centralized political power in China from becoming dismantled and fragmented into many warlord factions fighting to gain control of the country ("Overview"). Another political party, the Chinese Communist Party, formed in attempts to reunify China as well ("Chinese Civil"). At first, the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party worked

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    family routine portrayed in the novel, it can be clearly seen in the whole book that war, as another implied clue, played an important role in the development of the story. In the first place, as an overall background, Chinese civil war between Kuomintang (the party leaded by Chiang Kai-shek) and The Communist Party (the party leaded by Mao Tse-tung) caused the first

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