Essays Tagged: "Great Leap Forward"
Chinese Economic Reform under Communist Rule
as necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as servi ... aced enthusiastically by all members of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. To a great extent, the issue of economic reform became politicized as the issue was used as a means by De ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Eras of the Chinese government.
easants to have control over their own land, not needing to pay rent on it. When Mao introduced the Great Leap Forward, his intentions were good, as he wanted the country to work together to better it ... tter failure due to the competitive nature of the system and the misrepresentations of numbers, the Great leap Foreword could have been a huge leap towards a totally classless society. Additionally, t ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Communist politics in china and films relationship.
dramatizes the struggle for proletarian control of education at an agricultural college during the Great Leap Forward and makes it clear that the leading party members can still promote bourgeois ide ... ruly helps to build socialism. Breaking with Old Ideas shows an introduction to the politics of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution with concrete examples of how class struggle continue ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History
Communism in China
ted that Chinese communist country could be formed at once by efforts of Chinese people. It was the Great Leap Forward. Mao Zedong focused on the improvement of agriculture. He created communes by com ... g the villages and made them work together. Though he tried to improve the agricultural production, Great Leap Forward was failed because communes couldn't produce large amounts of food. Further more, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
China policy
arms household had joined the producers' cooperative.During the Mao's period he also introduced the Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 60. However, this was end in failure. It aimed the economic and tech ... re. It aimed the economic and technical development of the country at a vastly faster pace and with greater result. So it introduced the People's communes and the self-supporting community. At that ti ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Economy of China
ue, such as those in the distribution of land, labor and capital, and the government will also meet great difficulties in macro-economic control.Meanwhile, Chinese consumers remain among the most upbe ... h control efforts. These efforts, however, had little impact on fertility.After the interval of the Great Leap Forward, Chinese leaders again saw rapid population growth as an obstacle to development, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Based on evidence you have examined, to what extent is it true to say that Mao Zedong was a terrorist or employed terrorist tactics.
such as in his "Giant Leap Forward" campaign. However, Mao Zedong's intentions were always for the greater good of China and through his time in power, Mao raised China from being a broken feudal soc ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Censorship at School; A teacher's warning to his students in Beijing.
e Chinese currency. As a geography teacher I was reckless enough to teach another banned topic: the Great Leap Forward, where in 3 years the equivalent of Canada's population was wiped out through arr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Communist China.
In 1958 the Chinese communist party launched the Great Leap Forward campaign under the new "General Line for Socialist Construction." Mao Zedong(lead ... Zedong(leader of China) promised the People's Republic that within fifteen years China would exceed Great Britain in the production of major products. Although evidence is vague, Mao's decision to int ... n his concern about the Soviet policy of economic, financial, and technical assistance to China.The Great Leap Forward was aimed at accomplishing the economic and technical development of the country ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
The Great Leap Forward: Natural Factors and Mao's stupidity which caused this terrible event in China's history
Due to the "Great Leap Forward", China suffered in the largest famine in human history in 1959-1961 and caused 3 ... over by the leaders, this disastrous famine was kept secret to the outside world.Natural Causes.As "Great Leap Forward" was also be called as "The three years natural disasters", famine was believed t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
China: Economic growth and Regional Development.
bvious differences between the liberalization process in China and India?Reasons for liberalization'Great leap forward', started by the Communist Party in 1958, was the first move by China towards lar ... ution was launched by Chinese community party chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 after the failure of the 'great leap forward' to challenge Communist Party officials for their bourgeoisness and lack of revol ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History
Mao Zedong
reignty with the Hundred Flower Blossom which took place in the 1950's. Later Mao came out with his Great Leap Forward plan in 1958. Finally the Cultural Revolution was his last act which basically en ... re were more problems arising in China that needed to be dealt with.In 1958 Mao Zedong proposed the Great Leap forward. It was a plan to increase the agricultural production and better the economy. Th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
The Causes and Consequences of the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-76)
The Great Leap forward failed, therefore Mao was demoted and the moderates took control because Mao was ... ed to reassert himself and regain power in China after he was demoted because of the failure of the Great Leap Forward.Mao had the gained the support of Lin Biao and the PLA therefore launched the Cul ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Mao Zedong : Was he an ethical leader?
ewly established People's Republic of China. He revealed his plans in 1958, when he introduced "The Great Leap Forward" to the Chinese population, and the goal was to modernize China's economy so that ... r.Coercive Authority is gained because the followers fear punishment from their leader. During "The Great Leap Forward" 38 million people died of starvation. It lasted four years and Mao gained the st ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Identify and discuss two or three major challenges the Chinese reformers faced since 1978.
p. For instance, young people and cadres going into the countryside and wilderness areas during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Otherwise, there was strict control over migration, ... st "floating population" which is estimated to be around 100-150 millions by the press, has posed a great pressure on the urban areas (Ferdinand 1996). One may recognize the seriousness of the situati ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
China
o received landholdings were talked into forming agriculture co-operatives with their new lands.The Great Leap Forward was the name given to China's Second Five-year Plan (Wakeman et al 37). The plan ... ded to have a policy of "constructive engagement" with China believing that market economics have a greater chance of changing China's repressive regime than any sanctions we could impose (Mikahi 40). ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Hobbes
e USSR, the Third Reich in Nazi Germany, the Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward, etc?.There is also the other flaw, which the Leviathan seems to take to be a tra ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD (1958-1961) ON CHINA'S PEOPLE.
The Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) had a vast impact on China and its people. Mao Zedong, leader of Chin ... e export numbers in the country. It has been estimated that about 30 million people died during the Great leap Forward years. The Great leap forward also negatively impacted on China’s people (pa ... ions displaced and made many feel demoralised due to being stripped of their identity. However, the Great Leap Forward’s impact on China’s people was not completely negative as it educated p ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Analyse the causes of the Great Revolution in China.
alt China’s progression down the same path and whilst doing so he exposed China to a period of great civil unrest and confusion. During the course of this essay I will seek to analyse the causes ... bourgeoisie present. With the economic recovery process underway to alleviate the aftermath of the Great Leap Forward, Mao was becoming increasingly marginalised within the party and he became worrie ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
China and Economic Reform
as necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as servi ... aced enthusiastically by all members of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. To a great extent, the issue of economic reform became politicized as the issue was used as a means by De ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History