The 1980’s was a time of strict control in China on social, political, and economic aspects, but a group of brave, fed up college students took a stand for freedom. In 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
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In 1919, a mass protest of 3000 students was conducted to rebel against the signing of the Versailles Treaty, which would hand over Chinese territorial rights from the Germans to the Japanese (Spence, 2013, p. 287). The students were enraged by the Chinese government’s acquiescence to the decision and hence decided to protest through demonstrations (Spence, 2013, p.286). Later, this came to be known as the May 4th movement which became the intellectual turning point for the Chinese people. Lu Hsun
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PRACTICUM INTRODUCTION According to Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners Second Edition (2011), practicum or practical means involving or relating to real situations and events. In the other words, it is the activity which not only about theory but facing the real world works. Students will be trained to apply the theory during this period. In Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), practicum is obligated for students in some courses as a fulfillment in the
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Leonte Degraffenreid October 15, 2013 Engl 111 Professor Drake Tank Man On June 5, 1989 an unknown man from Beijing stood in front of a column of military tanks. This was the day the Chinese military had suppressed the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 by force. This photograph was taken by Jeff Widener of the Associated Press. This picture is considered one of the iconic images of the 20th century. But there has been a repurposed image of the tank man that has yellow ducks instead of military
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Gloabal Leadership: Grey Zone Paper Tiananmen Square Protests 1989 Chirs Niu 1454792 March 30, 2012 Box: 145 Industrial revolutions and economic reforms were the key drivers for Western societies to start the march towards democracy. The world’s most populated country, China, led by its historical figure Deng Xiaoping, started economic reform in the late 70s. Ten years of reform changed the country revolutionarily, making a once unenlightened and closed society prosperous and promising
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suggestions into consideration and accused the students as extremely small segments of opportunists overthrowing the Communist Party and the political system. Finally the government declared the martial law and cleared the Tiananmen Square by killing protestors. The Tiananmen Square Protest was ended after the June Forth Massacre. Hong Kong plays an important role on the movement as
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error term is the actual demand minus the forecasted demand. What is the mean deviation of the forecasts in this data sample? 1.1B. What is the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the forecasts in this data sample? 1.1 C. What is the root mean square error (RMSE) of the forecasts in this data sample? 1.1 D. What is the mean percent error (MPE) of the forecasts in this data sample? 1.2 E. What is the mean absolute percent error (MAPE) of the forecasts in this data sample?
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this category of media is photojournalism. However, questions are raised whether photojournalism is still essential to news media. One photograph that will reinforce the ever critical role of photography in news media is “China. Beijing, Tiananmen Square
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The Kent State Massacre is basically about the protest during the Vietnam War. It has rashly gotten under control when the United States military forces bombed Cambodia. Kent State University students started an anti-war protest for various reasons, including the bombing by the United States military forces. When the Ohio National Guard on Kent State University got involved to stop the protests, they killed four students on May 4th that became a focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam
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