Account for Mao’s Rise to Power and evaluate his impact on Chinese Society Mao Zedong 1893-1976, is considered as a traditional Chinese emperor with Marxist ideas and was the founder of People’s Republic of China in 1949. He led the communist party of China against the GMD to victory, in the Chinese civil war and is considered as one of the most influential and important figure in modern history . However there are critics of his social political programs, such as the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. These programs caused severe damages on the Chinese Culture, society, economy and their foreign relations and the death of millions of Chinese civilians. After the death of Sun Yat Sen 12th March 1925, Chiang Kai-Shek emerged as the new leader of the GMD.
Qin Huang Di was an egocentric and brutal emperor that dictated all of china and outlawed all religion that wasn’t legalism. He forced labour to all peasants who were men and made criminals to work on the Great Wall of China. Workers who died on the job were used as materials for building the Great Wall of China. There was no special funeral for the person who died and nobody would care, like he says “a thousand may die so that a million may live. He highly disapproved all teachings of Confucianism and discarded most history before the Qin dynasty.
Richie Koontz Dr. Obernuefemann History 135 9/18/2014 Emperors and Philosphers When we talk about now a days China we have to bring up the Qin dynasty. We talk about the nagatives mainly, but lets look for the what really lead to the rise of Qin dynasty. One main reason for the rise of this dynasty is politics. Politics took a big role in the rise and fall of the Qin dynasty(pg.126). In 221 bc the large states of China were fighting to gain control over the entire area during the period of the Warring States.
On 1st October 1949, China became the People’s Republic. It was the beginning of a revolution in Chinese society, government, law and economy. Over the last fifty years, China had been through a lot of changes. China started off being run by Warlords who were overthrown by the Kuomintang in 1913. In 1921, the Communist party was formed and Civil war broke out between the Kuomintang and the Communist.
In the 19th and 20th century, China was often oppressed by imperialism, national weakness, and civil war. In 1949, Mao Zhedong, founded the People's Republic of China. After that “The Great Leap Forward” and “Cultural Revolution,” were two movements that brought China into extreme poverty and turmoil. Until the eighties, China adopted its policies of reform and expanded to guarantee the steady development of society. Today, China doesn’t join any wars in the world and makes efforts to improve relationships with neighboring countries.
‘The Tsar Liberator’ How valid is this description was this of Alexander II? In 1855 Russia was ruled by Alexander Romanov in the form of an autocracy in which the Tsar had absolute power. During this period the economic situation of the country was is ruins, due to the increasing size of the population in 1855 the population was 70 million and in 1900 it grew to 130 million, therefore the already limited 6% of ideal farming land throughout Russia was strained, by the vast amount of mouths to feed. In addition the Russian industry was considered backwards due to Britain leading the industrial revolution it was known as the workshop of the world. Furthermore the social climate fared no better with 80% of the population consisting of peasants, there was a huge divide between the rich and poor.
------------------------------------------------- Chinese Leadership in the Chinese Revolution On October 1st 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed victory of the Chinese Civil war and established a communist nation called the People's Republic of China. Through this achievement he was able to drive the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) from mainland China and created a political and economic system similar to the USSR. Acknowledging the sheer size and outside support for the Nationalist Party, historians were amazed as to the success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the KMT considering the fact that they were originally at a disadvantage. Although they were regarded as an unlikely winner, there were two key reasons why they were still able to defeat the Nationalist Party. These reasons were because of the successful leadership of Mao Zedong and the failing leadership of Chiang Kai-shek.
Art and China’s Cultural Revolution Traditional Chinese art has always been a major aspect of Chinese history. However, shortly after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Mao Zedong declared that art should serve the people. In the three decades following the establishment of China’s Communist party art and China’s Revolution undergone one of the most disastrous and tumultuous eras in modern Chinese history. During this time, the Mao Zedong led government sought to modernize all aspects of Chinese society, a process that included suppressing or destroying much of traditional culture. The government also wanted to produce a new visual culture to communicate its philosophy and objectives to the people of China.
It was known for its ambitious use of fire ships. (Wikipedia 5) Zhu’s force consisted of over 200,000 Ming sailors and they were able to defeat the Han rebel force, which consisted of over 650,000 sailors. The victory destroyed the last opposing rebel faction, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang in control of the Yangtze River Valley and spreading his power in the south. (Wikipedia 6 ) Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be very suspicious of “the educated courtiers around him and exerted and extremely authoritarian regime, which was known as “the tyrant of Nanjing”. (China tour 3) This harsh government style was because of the influence of governmental institutions of a previous Mongol period that was marked by a strong centralization.
In this paper an effort is made to study the Chinese political system and the reforms made after the Cultural Revolution. CHAPTER 1 GENESIS OF THE CHINA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM 3. More than a century ago Napoleon Bonaparte had remarked, " China, there lies a sleeping giant let him sleep, for when he wakes he will shake the world.” Within a century of Napoleon's death, China began to awaken, and its awakening has indeed shaken the world. Therefore, to have a more clearer understanding of the political system of this giant nation we shall go into its historical and political past since in order to understand the problems faced by Chinese modernisers, it is important to have some sense of the tradition that provides the focus for their efforts. 4.