This article‚ written by Duncan Hewitt in 2014‚ reveals the truth of Hong Kong’s scholars movement. Faced with increasing excessive force from police officers as a result of political and civil protests‚ many young adults in Hong Kong feel like it’s their duty to stand up for the rest of China and demand democratization of their country and ultimately have a government free from authoritarian rule. The desire to defend Hong Kong is strong‚ and despite the oppressive rule‚ very few want to leave
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The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries was the first political campaign launched by the new Communist government in the beginning of March 1950. It purposes were to solidify the new government and its new rules in the whole country. Also‚ the campaign aimed to eradicate opposition parties‚ especially the Nationalist vestiges from Kuomintang. But most importantly‚ the Communist government was trying to bring in regime consolidation in the country. Strauss first explains to readers the reason
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Tiananmen Square Massacre Tiananmen Square is in the centre of Beijing. It was the main grounds for protesters in 1989. Students travelled across the country to Tiananmen Square to protest against the Communist government’s corruptions for more freedom. Thousands of students attended to fight for their rights of freedom and education etc. On the 4th of June 1989‚ the Chinese government took action in protecting their power from the people and the peace in their country. They sent in the People’s
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Robert Eisiminger Ben Rosecrans 3/6/13 Ai Weiwei The documentary about Ai Weiwei art is extremely idealistic for China. I believe his work is necessarily how it looks but the idea it is trying to spread. Ai Weiwei is trying to change how China thinks‚ because the Chinese people are neglected of self thought without fear of punishment. Ai Weiwei is not afraid to try and spread the idea of self thought‚ and just wants China to relinquish its hold over its peoples mind. His work questions what
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SUBJECT: Google in China Given the guidelines and requirements on self censorship imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on local internet service providers‚ it is my recommendation that before Google develops businesses under such requirements it has a clear understanding on the role and impact its services will play in peoples lives under these circumstances to avoid being used unintentionally as a political tool. Services provided by Google‚ such as blogs and email accounts‚ which are knowingly
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There were many Chinese dynasties that rose and fell throughout China’s history. The history of China‚ in a way‚ is a history of battles and wars. These wars were so important that they changed the structure of Chinese culture both then and now. Three dynasties that rose and fell during ancient China were the Han‚ the Tang‚ and the Song. The rise and fall of these great dynasties form a link that runs through Chinese history. The Han period was one of the golden ages of Chinese civilization
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http://www.eversheds.com/global/en/what/articles/index.page?ArticleID=en/Labour_law_and_trade_unions/Global_Labour_law_september_trade_unions_in_china_280912 The key players in Chinese trade unions The Chinese trade union system is a broad network of trade unions spearheaded at the top by the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) with close ties to the China Communist Party (CCP). At the grassroots level are the Enterprise Trade Unions (ETUs) within individual companies. In 2009‚ 311 million
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“Instructions for practical living‚ and other Neo-Confucian writings” is a philosophical work by a Chinese polymath from the Ming Dynasty‚ Wang Yangming. The work was originally written in his late life that is after his military exploits of peasants’ revolts and the settlement of Prince Ning. The major events happened shows the complexity of political parties and divergence of beliefs in the Ming Dynasty. This work reveals Master Wang’s philosophical thinking and development of thoughts that presented
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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Historical Analysis of the film “Farewell My Concubine” (1992) (ASIA 355‚ Section 921‚ Dr. Wang‚ Rui) Yohan Kim #37635125 23 July‚ 2013 Most compelling film “Farewell My Concubine” by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige depicts clamorous historical events broken out in China in twentieth century as well as human desire of love and ambition. Chen’s brilliant direct and cast of the love triangle within the film stimulate the viewers and smoothen the connections between rapid developments of the story
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