DIRECT LINKAGES Geographical proximity has facilitated capital flows, as north east Asian manufacturers of labor intensive exports moved their factories south to take advantage of the skilled labor which helped a lot Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. From policy view point these linkages have been ...

Many historians have struggled with the reasons as to why Europe claimed ascendency over China. There is speculation that importing gold and silver helped Europe quite a bit as well as the steam engine. Historians have also observed China's continuing resistance to learn from other civilizations....

I feel that the family planning program in China is a necessity, yet when I think about it, it seems all wrong. It is really hard to decipher whether their actions are wrong or right because they really aren't either. It is most definitely a necessity to control the childbirth because with the rise...

WHY DID CHINA INTERVENE IN THE KOREAN WAR? In June 1950, a few months after the announcement of the Beijing-Moscow alliance, the Korean crisis erupted. Early in October, shortly after the South Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, the CCP made a final decision to enter the Korean War to fight...

Mao Zedong had ruled China for more than a quarter of a century. During his rule in China for twenty-five years, he had failed to bring prosperity to China. Mao's policies had brought so many catastrophes and suffering to China. In 1966, Mao had launched a Cultural Revolution, a political movement ...

The Conflict Between Individual and State and the Grammatical Fiction in Darkness At Noon The Conflict Between the Individual and the State and the Grammatical Fiction in Darkness At Noon "The Party denied the free will of an individual-and at the same time exacted his willing self-sacrifice." ...

MAO: A NECESSARY EVIL The lecture that Philip Short gave on his book Mao: A Necessary Evil was a very interesting insight into the life of the controversial leader of China. He started by talking about Mao's early life, growing up in central China. There was very little outside influence t...