Assignment One Wiki Technology [pic] Discuss the possible long term cultural implications of Wiki technology. They say that two minds are better than one‚ but is the collective intelligence really superior to that of an individual? This is the question being raised of ‘wiki’ technology‚ the increasingly popular internet server software that allows users to create and edit webpage content from their browser. Wikis have the ability to connect a few - or infinite – numbers of people together
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Question 1 When classifying revolutionary movements of the 20th century it is often customary to try and label the conflict either Left Wing or Right Wing. However‚ in the cases of Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong‚ neither Left nor Right Wing seems an appropriate label for what their revolutions contained for China. The difference between democratic and anti-democratic is more fitting for the two Chinese revolutionaries. Both Sun and Mao advocated different methods of development to achieve the
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China puts its best face forward Shanghai’s premier shopping street‚ West Nanjing Road‚ may these days style itself as the Fifth Avenue of Asia‚ but on the busy sidewalks it still throbs with all the color and din of a medieval temple fair. Until‚ that is‚ one steps into the hushed confines of the first Lancome concept store to open anywhere in the world - at which point you might just feel as if you have stepped onto the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ assuming your idea of a space station
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Midterm Paper Gender in Modern China Farewell My Concubine Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige (1993) is amongst the few great Chinese films that have rarely made its way to Western audiences. Farewell my concubine has been acclaimed by Western critics and received many awards from various critics’ organizations. This film marks and is a direct representation in a shift in artistic opportunities in with in many artistic mediums with in China. Farewell My Concubine gives an opportunity for Westerners
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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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Although Roy D’Andrade’s and Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ arguments oppose one another they have fundamental similarities. As stated by Laura Nader‚ both D’Andrade and Scheper-Hughes are commenting on the overall adequacy of anthropology. D’Andrade argues that moral (defined as evaluative; good and bad‚ reward and punishment‚ and completely subjective) and objective (defined as telling about object being described‚ not about the describer) models should be kept separate‚ while Scheper-Hughes argues that
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Peasants starve – massive famines frequent Cities – massive inequality – between business/factory owners and their workers National Party policies supported business owners and middle class at the expense of the peasants. Marxism/communism/Maoism Maoism until 1949 is able to be applied to the areas that the communists control Communists are able to gain increasing control - massive support to their economic philosophies POLITICAL: • When Mao was leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
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Republic of China‚ which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. His Marxist-Leninist theories‚ military strategies and political policies are collectively known as Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist outlook in early life‚ particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919. Mao converted to Marxism-Leninism while working at Peking University and
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Name: Chuen Kah Hui Class: JH304 To What Extent Is The Cultural Revolution In China An Archetypal Revolution? There are many revolutions that have happened in the world throughout the cause of history. While those revolutions may have caused a huge impact and significant changes‚ some have succeeded while some have failed. Some were caused by public protests while some were caused by the government itself. However‚ how many of these revolutions are actually an archetypal revolution? My definition
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Cold War Impact on US Foreign Policy The mentality of the Cold War greatly affected the decisions made by the Presidents that held the office from 1950 to 1974. The main thought that prevailed from the beginning of the Cold War was containment. It was the main goal of the United States to contain the spread of Communism whenever possible. “Brinkmanship” was the first major policy that was employed by the United States in the effort to stop the spread of Communism throughout the world. President
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