On October 1st 1949, Mao Tse-tung, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and leader of the communist armies proclaimed the People's Republic of China. It was a hard-fought victory for Mao and the communists, a victory which had come after nearly four years of unbridled civil war....

An important trend occurring in the world economy is the process of globalisation. Globalisation is the progressive integration between national economies and the breaking down of barriers between trade and financial flows around the world, which will eventually lead to the emergence of a single wor...

Pursuant to the agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. Under the terms of this agreement, China has promised that under its "one country, two systems" formula its socialist economic syst...

Thousands of Tibetans are being jailed, tortured, and executed on a regular basis (Bernstein). Tibetans are simply trying to live lives of peace and happiness. Tragically, that serene way of life ended when China invaded and started settling in Tibet. Chinese rule is discouraging religious aspects o...

Mao turned China into a complete Totalitarianism state. It was the Communist ideology that ran the country. All social, political, economic, Cultural and intellectual activities were in some way controlled by Mao. Mao set many rules by which the people were to live by making China at the time, a t...

"Marxism consists of thousands of truths, but these truths can be summarized in the statement: It is right to rebel against reactionaries" Mao Zedong Although Mao Zedong is known for bringing together the people of China before, during, and after the Chinese communist revolution, he actually cau...

"Foreign Direct Investment in China is expected to reach US$100 billion in every year of the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10)" (Annual 1). If history is any indication of the future, then China can expect a biased distribution of these funds during the 11th Five-Year Plan. Attracting foreign d...

China during the twentieth- first century has experienced much political influence. China is also one of the most populated nations in the world. The people of China have a strong Heritage and a desire to see China become a worldwide military power. The leadership of China has faced many problem...

China during the twentieth- first century has experienced much political influence. China is also one of the most populated nations in the world. The people of China have a strong Heritage and a desire to see China become a worldwide military power. The leadership of China has faced many problem...

The birth of a nation is always complicated. And when you belonged to one of the most powerful nation in the world, wanting to be on its own can¡t be an easy way. Therefore, Taiwan is a model of self construction, but the emergence and the acceptation in the world order is not as easy as people thi...

Do you know what a revolution is? Well according to Webster it is an effort to overthrow a government and set up a new one usually by violent means. Revolutions are never cased by just one thing. There is usually plenty of background agitation set off by an event. A revolution can't simp...

When Sigmund Freud said, "Man is wolf to man," he meant that man is always trying to gain power over the weak. World conflicts around the world confirm Freud's philosophies. "Men are not gentle creatures who want to be loved, and who at the most can defend themselves if they are attacked; they a...

Manufacturing and Industry in China The Chinese have long since been an enterprising group of people. Long before the introduction of Western technologies and ideas, this country has had a history of local industry dating back some 2000 years. These innovative people, from an ear...

Mao's influence over Chinese politics declined severely after the Great Leap Forward, and the Sino-Soviet split (a term used to describe the split between Russian and China, which resulted in all Russian economic and military aid to cease) had produced a deep division within the Chinese...