During the beginning of the 1900s, there were plenty of revolutions and violence that took place. The Chinese revolution in 1911 and Russian Revolution in 1917 shared similar goals, they wanted to end the power of their current leader and establish a new one. For Russia, it was Tsar Nicholas II and for China it was the Qing Dynasty, Russia wanting a functioning communist government and Chinese revolutionaries wanted a democratic government. The first outcome is different in that China relied on agriculture to maintain its economy and Russia relied on industry to fuel its economy. The second outcome of the revolutions was that the countries were dramatically changed, two great powers were stopped and communist leaders eventually took over in the two countries.
This party was led by SunYat-sen. In document three, “the three principles of the Guomindang” stating the points of how this nationalists party would run the country. The three principles stated “Nationalism: to get rid China of foreign influence, unite China and to regain its international respect, democracy: the people should be educated so that they could ultimately rule themselves democratically, and Social advance: this was essentially 'land reform,' the redistribution of land to the peasants and economic development.” At the same time the warlord era was happening affecting the Guomindang’s ruling of China. In 1921, the Guomindang allied with growing Chinese communist to defeat the warlords present in the country. In 1925, after Sun Yat-sen’s death, Chiang Kai-shek took over the nationalist and realized the communist were getting stronger.
In Russia, the peasants were treated very poorly, Russian princes did not want to pay their share of the tribute, so they raised taxes on the peasants and kept some of the money for themselves. Unlike the Russians, Chinese peasants were treated fairly better had restored granaries and reduced taxes. While securing the empire in China, they secured the most valued trade region in all of Asia; the Silk Road. It was necessary for the Silk Road to be protected from bandits and thieves. It would be a great risk if travelers did not have a secure route to trade on.
On the other hand, the growth in population compared with national output shows less production per head, and therefore less efficient production. His policies did little for agriculture considering 80% of the population were rural peasants. It is thought he focused too much on heavy industry, neglecting others like light engineering. Finally, Russia became overly dependent on foreign loans (never good if a financial crisis were to occur and foreign loans have to be repaid). Tariffs making goods scarce and heavy taxation meant prices for Russian consumers increased, whilst their wages stayed low.
However, given the backwardness of the Russian economy particular difficulties were presented. For example Russia needed to decolonise itself and begin trading as an equal. Witte judged that Russia’s greatest task was to acquire capital for investment in industry. To raise this, Witte negotiated large loans and investments from abroad while introducing heavy taxes and high interest rates at home. At the same time as encouraging inflow of foreign capital, he limited the import of foreign goods leading to protective tariffs being set up as a means of safeguarding Russia’s young domestic industries, such as steel production.
WW1 ends – The ending of WW1 meant that the European countries were able to meet their own demands and therefore did not need any more supplies from America. Farmers suffered from overproduction and could not afford to keep their homes or pay mortgages, some farmers even decided to become sharecroppers. In 1924, 600,000 farmers went bankrupt. Also, there was stiff competition from Canadian, Australian and Argentinean farmers who were selling vast amounts of grain to the world market. Over-production – Fewer products such as cars, consumer good etc were not being sold as factories were making more goods than Americans needed or could afford to buy.
The One Child Policy Under the Chinese History In the early period after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao believed that a strong nation should have a large population. However, with the development of society, China suffered many problems causing from the large population. The one-child policy was adopted in 1979, in response to the growing population. In the essay “The Little Emperors”, Daniela Deane points out several negative effects of the one-child policy, such as the “millions of abortions, fewer girls and a generation of spoiled children”(65). However, Chinese history has effected people’s mind and habits, so the one-child policy is not the only reason that causes these problems; in other words, the one-child policy effectively reduce the Chinese population.
Another large problem team two elaborated on is factories in foreign countries. Factories are in third world countries, where the American standards of business ethnics aren’t even close to being followed. Kids are working at very young ages and wages are less that imaginable. Long hours are worked and employees are forced to lie about the conditions. This is possible because American law doesn’t take precedence in a foreign
They formed their own community and were also the victims to one of the worst acts of discrimination. Therefore, although the Chinese immigration were heavily discriminated against by the United States, they were still crucial to socioeconomic development of the United States in the late 1800s. The Chinese immigration was crucial to the economic development of the United States because it brought immigrants for the gold rush, the transcontinental railroad, the farms, as well as other small businesses. The first wave of Chinese immigration was during the California gold rush in order to escape their poverty-stricken land or to provide their family with a better life. When they arrived in America, the immigrants would work in mines because mining was a big part of the country's economy during that time.
This election is going to be close and with Hurricane Sandy bringing devastating effects to the East Coast, it could ultimately change the course of the election completely. Throughout the essay I plan on discussing Obama’s political policies, as well as comparing them to his opponent Romney’s. Education: Obama has a clear set mind that to rebuild a broken nation it must first start with educating the nation. He believes that with proper education it will create many jobs and is a gateway to middle- class life. He comments that companies “have to look for workers in China because they couldn't find any with the right skills here at home.” This is why he has been reforming education and helping states develop more comprehensive schools, so that people can learn the right skills needed to get a job.