Deng Zedong Dbq Analysis

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For centuries, China was isolated from the rest of the world. When the dynastic era ended in China, Mao Zedong stepped in to lead his country and ruled it with a communist regime for twenty-five years. During this period, all businesses and properties in China were nationalized, and Mao enforced the 100 Flowers Campaign, Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. However, these plans backfired and led to millions of deaths and the government was in a state of exile. At the end of Mao’s rule, Deng Xiaoping took control of China, and transitioned its nationalized economy to a capitalist market. Though the economy greatly benefitted from this shift, millions of people became destitute and the state of the environment became worse. One way this economic transition did not benefit the Chinese people is the standard of living. The state-owned factories “went bankrupt” and people’s “incomes kept falling”, and the unemployed were unable to support themselves and their families without…show more content…
With growing competition among private companies, there was a significant growth in the number of factories in China. This also led to toxic-coal-waste, which is the “largest source of industrial waste” in China (Doc. 7). Because of China’s increasing energy demand due to a rising production in cars and air conditioners, it “is turning into the world’s biggest energy consumer” (Doc. 6). With all the waste produced by industrialization, air pollution has also become a major issue. Statistics show that “China has the world’s highest number of annual deaths triggered by air pollution” (Doc. 10). Due to this hazard, growing crops became more difficult. However, despite these problems, China is using solar-powered energy that can power “ten-thousand homes” (Doc. 9). This provides as a great substitute for an environmentally friendly source of energy as opposed to health-hazardous coal
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