Communist China Sun Yixian(1866-1925) Sun Yixian was born into a farm family in 1866. He started school at age 10‚ and at age 13 he moved to Hawaii where he completed his schooling. While in Hawaii he received the citizenship of America‚ and he liked Abrahams idea of republicanism. In china he was known as The Father Of China. He also learned Christianity. In 1892 he earned his medical licenses‚ And finally in 1911 he was elected as the first provisional president. Sun Yixian
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The Communist Party of China (CPC)‚ also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)‚ is the founding and ruling political party of the People ’s Republic of China (PRC). Although nominally it exists alongside the United Front‚[1] in practice‚ the CPC is also the only party of the PRC‚[2] maintaining a unitary government centralising the state‚ military‚ and media.[3] The legal power of the Communist Party is guaranteed by the PRC constitution.[3] The party was founded on July 1st 1921 in Shanghai
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History 251: China: Nationalism and Communist Revolution CHRONOLOGY Section II of course 1895-98 Looting of China. Division into “spheres of influence” of foreign powers. 1898 The Hundred Days of Reform. 1900 Boxer Rebellion. 1905 SUN YAT-SEN creates the Nationalist Party TONGMENGHUI (later became the GUOMINDANG). 1911-12 Revolution overthrows Manchu dynasty and establishes the Chinese Republic. 1913 The warlord YUAN SHIKAI comes to power‚ outlawing the Guomindang. 1916-c.1927 Politics in China dominated
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between church and state exists as separate entities. Individuals have the freedom to practice or not practice any religion without the government becoming involved. China‚ too‚ allows for this freedom of religious belief. However‚ most governments in the western world use a democratic form of government whereas China uses a communist form of ruling. Therefore‚ although the freedom of religious belief does exist‚ a strong interdependence between the state and religion still remains and in the end
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#3 Social Problems in Communist China China is a country that is plagued with many social problems. Some of them go back many years and others are new to the horizon‚ thanks to years of not addressing the obvious. Three serious social problems that are of particular concern are the current state of suicides‚ the impending gender imbalance and the violation of human rights. Suicide rates in China have been reported to be alarmingly on the rise. Rates
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Notes: Communists‚ Nationalists‚ and China’s Revolutions 1. The 20th century was pretty big for China because it saw not one but two revolutions: one in 1911 and the more famous _____________ revolution of 1949. 2. So as you know doubt recall China lost the Opium wars in the 19th century‚ resulting in European domination‚ __________ ___ _____________‚ et cetera‚ all of which was deeply embarrassing to the Qing dynasty and led to calls for reform. 3. One strand of reform that called for China to adopt
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The Cold War: Communist China The Cold War was a tension-filled period that started when the anti-communist beliefs and the anti-democracy beliefs clashed. The main conflict in the Cold War was between the Soviet Union and the United States of America‚ and it lasted from 1947 to 1991 (44 years). From the USA point of view‚ communism was an idea that wasn’t right. The country believed that the world would be a much better place if communism was replaced by democracy. However‚ the countries that supported
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The Red Book and the Power Structure of Communist China Propaganda in China during the Cultural Revolution took on many forms; there were mass Red Guard demonstrations in Tianamen Square in support of Mao Zedong‚ pictures of Mao were put up in every conceivable location from restaurants to the wallpaper in nurseries‚ and pamphlets and books of Mao ’s teachings were distributed to every Chinese citizen. One of these propaganda publications Quotations from Chairman Mao which later became
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FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RISE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN CHINA. In the beginning of the 20th century‚ the Qing dynasty‚ which had ruled China for 2000 years‚ was in decline. The period following the end of the empire in 1911 was a turbulent one‚ with various groups fighting for power in China. This civil war ended only in 1949‚ with the Chinese Communist Party establishing control over the country. There are quite a few factors that led to this rise of communism in China. The decline of the empire‚ foreign
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In 1949‚ the Nationalist party of China‚ the Kuomintang (KMT)‚ fled from mainland China after a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. The KMT’s failure was due to poor management and widespread corruption within the party. In 1912‚ the last Chinese Emperor abdicated‚ with many parts of China resisting Imperial rule. With this abdication‚ China disintegrated into various smaller provinces‚ each one rules by a different warlord. Around this time‚ two political parties formed. One was a Nationalist
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