Tiananmen Square, these students stood up to not only the government, but the military. Though the immediate outcome was negative, the long term effects have continued to reverberate in China and around the world. The protest started due to the Chinese leader passing away. His name was Hu Yaobang. He was the democratic leader in China before he died. That's when the new leader, Deng Xiaoping, came in. He was turning the government into a Communist goverment, instead of democratic. This affected
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CHINA China has played a significant role in history since the beginning of its time. The political, social, and cultural aspects have all had major impacts on forming China into what it is today. Between the years of 1900 and 1960 China went though many changes which were all very important components to the country that that it is today. During the socialist transformation Mao recognized the need for the resources that China would need in order to transform China. “The China Communist party
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1978 " Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems produced by Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeeded Mao Zedong as CCP leader after Mao's death" (Shirk 35). As Susan L. Shirk describes the situation in The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China, restoring the CCP's prestige required improving economic performance and raising living standards. After the communist take over the country, Mao contained his emphasis on moral force by demanding that Chinese citizens
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June 5th 1989, the date when “Tank-man” was captured on film. The day when Americans we’re almost sent to prison for merely taking pictures. It was the aftermath of the Tiananmen square uprising, when innocent people were killed protecting their rights and city. Sadly the people of Beijing weren’t able to keep the army out and within 2 days the army was under complete control, through massacres covered up by the government. After all the chaos China realized they had to do something quick in order
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The Tiananmen Square video recounts the protests of students and citizens of China rebelling against the oppressed and corrupt Chinese government and the massacre that happened June 3rd through the 5th in 1989. The protesters were unarmed and peaceful when the Chinese government sent in their military armed with loaded weapons, ordered to clear the square by 6 a.m. on June 4th. The video of the square shown was all different clips that were recorded by foreign reporters and photographers who were
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the most in WWI, through the creation of the Chinese Communist Party. After WWI was over, the Treaty of Versailles transferred all German holdings in East Asia. China certainly didn’t enjoy Germany owning part of their land and was offended by it. A protest broke out in Beijing in protest over Versaille, but after being defeated by both Japan and the West, China demanded social reform. It was then that Mao Zedong came forth and established the Chinese Communist Party, changing China forever. In South
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In Ethics, The Heart of Leadership, Michael Keeley argues against transformational leadership. He believes that the only to prevent harm done to the minorities by the majorities is “to keep majorities from uniting around a common interest – the reverse of what transformational leaders are supposed to do” (Ethics, 124). In general, I agree with Keeley. He attributes this idea to James Madison, although other scholars have disagreed about Madison’s true options. I will not enter the dispute about
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rule while she was in power. Following Cixi and the Revolution of 1911, Sun Yat-sen was the leader who began organizing China with a republican government. After Sun Yat-sen, communist Mao Zedong came up with The Soviet Model and The Great Leap Forward, which were both movements to reform China into a communist government. Deng Xiaoping also made reforms, including the “open door” trade policy, education, and Institutionalization of Revolution. China stayed under dynastic rule for a very long period
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Globalization Western Governors University Globalization is talking about the development of an integrated world economy, exchange of cultural views, thoughts, and products (Wikipedia, 2013). Pologeorgis (2012) states that, essentially globalization began with the exploration and settlement of new lands. Communication and transportation advances have aided in this process. Two non-Western countries that have been impacted by globalization are India and China. India opened its doors to globalization
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Reading Report China in the 21st Century Jeffery Wasserstrom, author of "China in the 21st Century; What Everyone Needs to Know”, summarizes the main concept of his book in Part I: Historical Legacies with, "To understand today's China, it is crucial to know something about its past" (Wasserstrom, 2010, xxi). Wasserstrom tries to deliver the key concepts of China’s historical events to understand the foundation of the country starting from the early dynasties. The book starts off with historical
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