China Miscellaneous
People’s Republic of China: IV
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:11 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: VReforms, 1980-88Note: The following section is actually the introduction of the Army Area Handbook,but it contains a lot of information about China in the 80’s, so I have placedit here. Reform - dubbed China’s “Second Revolution”–was one of the mostcommon terms in China’s political vocabulary in the 1980s. Reformof the [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:10 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IVThe Post-Mao Period, 1976-78The jubilation following the incarceration of the Gang of Fourand the popularity of the new ruling triumvirate (Hua Guofeng , YeJianying , and Li Xiannian , a temporary alliance of necessity)were succeeded by calls for the restoration to power of DengXiaoping ()and the elimination of leftist influence [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:09 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IVThe Post-Mao Period, 1976-78The jubilation following the incarceration of the Gang of Fourand the popularity of the new ruling triumvirate (Hua Guofeng , YeJianying , and Li Xiannian , a temporary alliance of necessity)were succeeded by calls for the restoration to power of DengXiaoping ()and the elimination of leftist influence [...]
Read More >>People’s Republic of China: III
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:08 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIIThe Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76In the early 1960s, Mao was on the political sidelines and insemiseclusion. By 1962, however, he began an offensive to purifythe party, having grown increasingly uneasy about what hebelieved were the creeping “capitalist” and antisocialisttendencies in the country. As a hardened veteran revolutionarywho had overcome the [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:07 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIIThe Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76In the early 1960s, Mao was on the political sidelines and insemiseclusion. By 1962, however, he began an offensive to purifythe party, having grown increasingly uneasy about what hebelieved were the creeping “capitalist” and antisocialisttendencies in the country. As a hardened veteran revolutionarywho had overcome the [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:06 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIIThe Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76In the early 1960s, Mao was on the political sidelines and insemiseclusion. By 1962, however, he began an offensive to purifythe party, having grown increasingly uneasy about what hebelieved were the creeping “capitalist” and antisocialisttendencies in the country. As a hardened veteran revolutionarywho had overcome the [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:05 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIIThe Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76In the early 1960s, Mao was on the political sidelines and insemiseclusion. By 1962, however, he began an offensive to purifythe party, having grown increasingly uneasy about what hebelieved were the creeping “capitalist” and antisocialisttendencies in the country. As a hardened veteran revolutionarywho had overcome the [...]
Read More >>People’s Republic of China: II
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:04 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIThe Great Leap Forward, 1958-60The antirightist drive was followed by a militant approachtoward economic development. In 1958 the CCP launched the GreatLeap Forward () campaign under the new “General Line for SocialistConstruction.” The Great Leap Forward was aimed at accomplishingthe economic and technical development of the country at a vastlyfaster [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:03 pm
The People’s Republic Of China: IIThe Great Leap Forward, 1958-60The antirightist drive was followed by a militant approachtoward economic development. In 1958 the CCP launched the GreatLeap Forward () campaign under the new “General Line for SocialistConstruction.” The Great Leap Forward was aimed at accomplishingthe economic and technical development of the country at a vastlyfaster [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:02 pm
The People’s Republic Of China
On October 1, 1949, the People’s Republic of China was formallyestablished, with its national capital at Beijing. “The Chinesepeople have stood up!” declared Mao as he announced the creationof a “people’s democratic dictatorship.” The people were definedas a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants,the petite bourgeoisie, and [...]
People’s Republic of China
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:01 pm
The People’s Republic Of China
On October 1, 1949, the People’s Republic of China was formallyestablished, with its national capital at Beijing. “The Chinesepeople have stood up!” declared Mao as he announced the creationof a “people’s democratic dictatorship.” The people were definedas a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants,the petite bourgeoisie, and [...]
Republican China: III
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 1:00 pm
Republican China: IIIAnti-Japanese War Few Chinese had any illusions about Japanese designs on China.Hungry for raw materials and pressed by a growing population,Japan initiated the seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 andestablished ex-Qing emperor Puyi ()as head of the puppet regime of Manchukuo ()in 1932. The loss of Manchuria, and its vast potentialfor industrial development [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:59 pm
Republican China: IIConsolidation under the Guomindang The decade of 1928-37 was one of consolidation andaccomplishment by the Guomindang (). Some of the harsh aspects offoreign concessions and privileges in China were moderatedthrough diplomacy. The government acted energetically tomodernize the legal and penal systems, stabilize prices, amortizedebts, reform the banking and currency systems, build railroadsand highways, [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:58 pm
Republican China: IIIAnti-Japanese War Few Chinese had any illusions about Japanese designs on China.Hungry for raw materials and pressed by a growing population,Japan initiated the seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 andestablished ex-Qing emperor Puyi ()as head of the puppet regime of Manchukuo ()in 1932. The loss of Manchuria, and its vast potentialfor industrial development [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:57 pm
Republican China The republic that Sun Yat-sen ()and his associates envisionedevolved slowly. The revolutionists lacked an army, and the powerof Yuan Shikai () began to outstrip that of parliament. Yuan revisedthe constitution at will and became dictatorial. In August 1912 anew political party was founded by Song Jiaoren ( 1882-1913), oneof Sun’s associates. The [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:56 pm
Republican China: IIConsolidation under the Guomindang The decade of 1928-37 was one of consolidation andaccomplishment by the Guomindang (). Some of the harsh aspects offoreign concessions and privileges in China were moderatedthrough diplomacy. The government acted energetically tomodernize the legal and penal systems, stabilize prices, amortizedebts, reform the banking and currency systems, build railroadsand highways, [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:55 pm
Republican China The republic that Sun Yat-sen ()and his associates envisionedevolved slowly. The revolutionists lacked an army, and the powerof Yuan Shikai () began to outstrip that of parliament. Yuan revisedthe constitution at will and became dictatorial. In August 1912 anew political party was founded by Song Jiaoren ( 1882-1913), oneof Sun’s associates. The [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:54 pm
Republican China The republic that Sun Yat-sen ()and his associates envisionedevolved slowly. The revolutionists lacked an army, and the powerof Yuan Shikai () began to outstrip that of parliament. Yuan revisedthe constitution at will and became dictatorial. In August 1912 anew political party was founded by Song Jiaoren ( 1882-1913), oneof Sun’s associates. The [...]
Read More >>Modern Era: III
By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:53 pm
Emergence Of Modern China: IIIThe Hundred Days’ Reform and the AftermathIn the 103 days from June 11 to September 21, 1898, the Qingemperor, Guangxu ( 1875-1908), ordered a series of reforms aimedat making sweeping social and institutional changes. This effortreflected the thinking of a group of progressivescholar-reformers who had impressed the court with the urgency [...]
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By admin at 12 July, 2009, 12:52 pm
Emergence Of Modern China: IIIThe Hundred Days’ Reform and the AftermathIn the 103 days from June 11 to September 21, 1898, the Qingemperor, Guangxu ( 1875-1908), ordered a series of reforms aimedat making sweeping social and institutional changes. This effortreflected the thinking of a group of progressivescholar-reformers who had impressed the court with the urgency [...]
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