research engages with the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, two significant and defining events in Chinese history since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. The Great Leap Forward (1957–60) was a Chinese economic plan initiated by Mao Zedong aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Wildly unrealistic planning poorly planned communization of agriculture, and a poor harvest in 1959 caused mass starvation. Mao was forced to turn government administration over to
The focus of this investigation will be ‘To what extent did Mao as a Communist Party leader achieve his goal during the Cultural Revolution?’ and will analyze the examples of goal achievements during the Cultural Revolution period. Two sources are used in the essay, China A New History by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman ; and an article named ‘Chairman Mao Gave her a New Life’ published in August 1968, on the state-sanctioned magazine China Pictorial. I choose these two sources because the
might have become known in China in different period, they all have intrigued Chinese artists to realize how art creation could have the potential versatility to make difference in the society. According to the book the Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art written by critic Gao Minglu (2005), the development of contemporary art marked its debut since the collapse of the ten-year cultural revolution (1966-1976), and could be chronically divided into four stages . In the 1960s and 1970s, as a great
UNITED STATES UNDER ZHOU ENLAI/MAO ZEDONG AND RICHARD NIXON IR331 Modern Diplomacy Contents Brief Description 2 Summary of Events 3 Modern Diplomacy Terms and their reinforced concepts by the historical record of the events between China and the United States in 1971-1972 5 References: 10 Brief Description This paper will discuss the events of the opening of diplomatic relations between China and the United States under Zhou Enlai/Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon and how modern diplomacy played an
With Reference to one authoritarian state (China!!). Analyze how Authoritarian leaders secure their grip on power. (15 marks) To successfully establish an Authoritarian State, authoritarian leaders must be able to limit political freedom through suppression of political opponents and intellectual, elimination of political dissents with its own party, and more importantly to gain popular support. In order to understand how Mao consolidate his power in China, one must consider Mao’s consolidation
and aspirations of people and individuals regarding their economic and political freedoms and opportunities, are tied closely to how economic and political systems are performing” (Kinely 147). The main ideological force of politics in China in the past century has been communism. Since the influence of soviet politics, the great leap forward, the cultural revolution, and to present day China, the Communist Party of China has been at the forefront of all their government. They have used the idea
ideology of racial superiority. Westerners began settling in Chinese provinces, disrupting their traditional society. Missionaries also poured into China, evangelizing already religious peasants. Soon the peasants became discontent with foreign influence and violently revolted against it. The Chinese also resented foreigners because of past conflicts such as the Opium Wars in which Britain took advantage of China. The Chinese had a hatred for westerners rooted deep in their history. This hatred led
in the world, especially in the context of the Cold War where it’s Capitalism vs Communism. This was not the case in practice because the truth is that Sino-Soviet relations were cold and bitter. Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong, the leader of China were distant despite having the same ideology. The same can be said with Stalin’s successor, Nikita Khrushchev, and the successor of Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev. Sino-Soviet relations didn’t know better days until the 1980s
who governed Cambodia before Pol Pot, lost his power, Pol Pot took the power and took control over Cambodia especially the capital city, Phnom Penh. During Pol Pot reign, he got inspired by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, which was to make an agrarian utopia to get rid of all Western capitalistic influences in Cambodia. Sin Pol Pot wanted to make Cambodia an agrarian utopia, “Pol Pot isolated Cambodia from the world” (Kiernan). He banished all foreigners who lived in Cambodia, and anyone who refused
Rebekka Rogers Mrs.Leinbach Social Studies 7 April 2015 What impact did Pol Pot’s regime have on the education of children from the beginning of the cambodian genocide to the early 1990’s ? The Khmer Rouge attempted to eradicate organised religion and digested minority groups leading to cultural genocide (Writer). Through the Cambodian genocide, education played a detrimental role. During the time of Pol Pot’s regime, education that was not provided by the Khmer Rouge was deemed as unwelcome. The