China 1900-2000 Essay
China 1900 – 2000
The Fall of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1912)
Most of the enemies of the Manchu Empire after the nineteenth century, were led by Sun Yatsen, a good-looking 34 year old doctor. Doctor Sun Yatsen had been educated in an American school in Hawaii and therefore he was Christian. He had spent many years of his life traveling the world. He saw how advanced technologically other countries were and realized how weak China was. He found that the only way for China to come out of its stall was for it to become a republic on European lines and getting rid of the Manchu's who opposed any change at all costs. By 1911 he had tried to start a revolution ten times but had not succeeded.
In 1908 the 73-year-old empress Dowager Cixi died. Her successor as ruler of China was her nephew, a 2-year-old boy named P'u Yi, who was given the title of Emperor. The Manchu dynasty was clearly in trouble. A …show more content…
Deng felt that China should focus on progression rather than regression; and regression would be anything similar to the Cultural Revolution. He wanted reevalutate Maoist thought inside the party, and called for the CCP to look toward modernizing china for the 20th century. Deng would remain the most significant leader in the party until his death in 1997.
Deng eventually got his way. In the Third Plenum of the Party's Eleventh Central Committee, the past political line was changed and it was decided to put emphasis of policy on "the construction of socialism modernization".
Finally the theory of "continuance revolution under the dictatorship of proletariat" was denied, and in essence, Maoist thought was laid to rest. Deng rehabilitated many officers and intellectuals who had been imprisoned or confined during the Cultural Revolution. Many leaders felt that the Red Guards had been to hard on them, and that many of Mao's practices were unfair and served only to hurt
The Fall of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1912)
Most of the enemies of the Manchu Empire after the nineteenth century, were led by Sun Yatsen, a good-looking 34 year old doctor. Doctor Sun Yatsen had been educated in an American school in Hawaii and therefore he was Christian. He had spent many years of his life traveling the world. He saw how advanced technologically other countries were and realized how weak China was. He found that the only way for China to come out of its stall was for it to become a republic on European lines and getting rid of the Manchu's who opposed any change at all costs. By 1911 he had tried to start a revolution ten times but had not succeeded.
In 1908 the 73-year-old empress Dowager Cixi died. Her successor as ruler of China was her nephew, a 2-year-old boy named P'u Yi, who was given the title of Emperor. The Manchu dynasty was clearly in trouble. A …show more content…
Deng felt that China should focus on progression rather than regression; and regression would be anything similar to the Cultural Revolution. He wanted reevalutate Maoist thought inside the party, and called for the CCP to look toward modernizing china for the 20th century. Deng would remain the most significant leader in the party until his death in 1997.
Deng eventually got his way. In the Third Plenum of the Party's Eleventh Central Committee, the past political line was changed and it was decided to put emphasis of policy on "the construction of socialism modernization".
Finally the theory of "continuance revolution under the dictatorship of proletariat" was denied, and in essence, Maoist thought was laid to rest. Deng rehabilitated many officers and intellectuals who had been imprisoned or confined during the Cultural Revolution. Many leaders felt that the Red Guards had been to hard on them, and that many of Mao's practices were unfair and served only to hurt