Did anyone benefit from the Cultural Revolution? Few people would deny that the Cultural Revolution is one of the most significant events in China’s history‚ with its extraordinary effects on many groups of the population. The main aim of the revolution was simple: having risen to power‚ the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wanted to reform the Chinese population so that they followed the communist ideology – the favour of absolute social equality. While the initial impression of this aim seems positive
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workers‚ and the Communist Party leadership itself. It resulted in widespread factional struggles in all walks of life. In the top leadership‚ it led to a mass purge of senior officials who were accused of taking a "capitalist road"‚ most notably Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping. During the same period Mao’s personality cult grew to immense proportions. Millions of people were persecuted in the violent factional struggles that ensued across the country‚ and suffered a wide range of abuses including public
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taken into actions as well * Giving social advantages to the Red guards‚ thousand took advantage * The youth were educated of the revolutionary stories * Women had equal status in the revolution as men did * Political figures such as Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei were persecuted and eventually dead * 1968 the red guards started to fight each other‚ the PLA joined different groups causing increase in violence * Same year Sino-Soviet battle in XinJiang threatening China’s national
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Transformational Leadership: Suppressing the minority 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
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Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Cultural Revolution. Washington D.C.: Washington Institute Press‚ 1987 4. Michael Schoenhals. China ’s Cultural Revolution‚ 1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party. Armonk‚ NY: M.E. Sharpe‚ 1996. 5. Lowell Dittmer. Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Armonk‚ NY: M.E. Sharpe‚ 1998.
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The Cultural Revolution was an important era for China‚ both artistically and socially. Not only did ideals and government structures change and evolve during this period‚ but also propaganda‚ artwork‚ and figurines dominated and evolved as well. The name of this propaganda poster is The sunlight of Mao Zedong Thought illuminates the road of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. It was designed by the Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House Propaganda Group in August 1966. The top half
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Humanities Exam Essay Structure Amza 10E QUESTION 1 INTRODUCTION Contention Gandhi was mostly effective in achieving independence for India Terms Evaluate – finding how valuable Gandhi was as a leader through his ideas about passive resistance that he introduced to his follower and how he used it to achieve independence Effective Leader – is someone who doesn’t always successful‚ but able to bring change and new ideas to the society. An effective leader should have support from his follower
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Leap Forward of 1958-60. This program‚ initiated by Mao‚ was designed to step up industrial production to a level with Britain and create a truly communal society without Russia’s aid; all in the course of 15 years. The project was a failure and Liu Shao-Ch’i temporarily took over Mao’s position as head of state. When differences between party leaders arose‚ and Mao Tse-Tung began feeling that the revolution was exhausted‚ he launched the Cultural Revolution of 1966-69. This was intended
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History of my Family I was born in a family where my grandparents and parents are all the knowledgeable persons because all of them had the chances to go to colleges. Therefore‚ when I was a child‚ they always told me that the knowledge will change people’s lives to a better level. Since the education in China is not supported by the government‚ so people have to pay children’s education by themselves. Today‚ as I grew up and I am going to graduate with my degree‚ I thank my family for their love
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Andrew Clark HIST 1020-002 Son of the Revolution "Son of the Revolution" written by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro is a story of Liang Heng’s life when he grew up during the tumultuous times of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. This revolution lasted from 1966-1976 and caused major social changes as well as destroyed their economy‚ but was a brilliant strategic move by Mao in the power struggle he instigated. He knew it would not be easy to purge the communist party of it’s leaders
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