Jiang Zemin

But then, June 4, 1989 changed the face of the country. Tiananmen Square happened. After hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries, when the PLA finally stopped the offensive, one thing was certain: China would never be the same again. With Deng Xiaoping in the hospital being treated for cancer, the General Secretary (ex-officio head of the Party) Jiang Zemin adopted an anti-private enterprise attitude accusing entrepreneurs of evading taxes and committing crimes against the state. This was majorly untrue but became the official version because Jiang wanted to consolidate power within the party and he did not want to isolate himself from the hardliners and the conservatives. This attitude of extreme suspect remained for 3 years until Deng’s southern China tour in 1992 where the reform minded Deng again gave a boost to enterprise and the economy. Post this point, private enterprise increased significantly, increasing the national output and hence pulling millions out of poverty. Even after Deng’s demise, the country’s economic and social policies were significantly governed by Deng’s philosophies. As power passed on from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao and now, to Xi Jingping, China confronts a new demon: corruption. Corruption is prevalent in the country, within the bureaucracy, the Party, the army, the judiciary and at all levels within the government’s official machinery. How is the book helpful for International business practitioners? As mentioned previously, anyone doing…

The representation and consideration of the masses in China has always been a controversial theme to discuss. The corrupted power prefers to Vito the rise of social awareness than to push the privileged hierarchies of fascism within the political sectors. Many politicians seek to perpetuate an absolute throne above poverty by carefully constructing the destruction of stability through social resentment and polarization. The awarded documentary Free China: The Courage to Believe portrays a clear…

The Tiananmen Square massacre is an important time in history for a giant protest against a communist government. The Tiananmen Square massacre may be barred from the web pages in China, but the event that happened in June 4th 1989 is widely known across the world. The Tiananmen Square massacre was a result of a prodemocracy movement by the Chinese citizens that wanted more freedom than what they currently were given by China’s policies. Many students of the country and civil workers wanted…

There are several well-organized and ordered societies today. They have order and civilized people with ways of thinking and beliefs. The same is true for ancient civilizations thousands of years ago. Two civilizations that stand out are civilizations in India and China because those two civilizations were organized and civilized. There are many different aspects that made an ordered society in India and China including religion and belief, a well-organized government and social castes, and…

They were enacted in hope of saving China’s economy, following the death of Mao Zedong. These reforms stressed economic self-reliance. They wanted China to have a sense of stability in their economy, while being independent at the same time. The Four Modernizations were designed to make China an economic power by the early 21st century. China was, in fact, able to hurry along their economic development with the help of these reforms. China used foreign investment, a more open market, access to…

Thesis: Political liberalization and democracy do not always follow capitalistic reforms. One way to describe China’s political culture is a subject society. Chinese society and politics are shaped by the communist party and elites, and the Chinese people are unable to change this. In the book, the author describes news blackouts which prohibit any covering of the specified topic. In fact, around the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, the covering of any bad news is prohibited, and the government…

described murdering thousands, torturing family members, and destroying paintings. While the entire source is not opinionated, a primary source within this prominently secondary source describes Mao as a god, an opinionated view. The primary sources in the book provide insight into the propaganda and persuasion used by Mao. This book was found in the Unionville Library and was published in 1994. Despite the book being published in 1994, the information found in this book is still relevant…

Revolution spread to the whole nation, entered “All-round Civil War” in China period. A power-seizure movement across the nation was launched by Mao and the Party Central, and caused a violent competition among mass organizations. Afterward, military was authorized to suppress any counterrevolution. Unarmed civilians were killed in the armed conflicts across the whole country. The third period, Killing for and by the New Organs of Power, started in 1968, and ended in 1971. The central goal…

Previously he started with the “Great Leap Forward” which was started to modernize China. Mao began making factories to promote technology and collectivized farms. What he didn’t know was that the workers didn’t know how to use the factories and the equipment so the things that were produced were of very bad quality and not up to par (“China’s Cultural Revolution Begins: May 1966”). Because farmland was used to build factories on, the production of crops started to decline which resulted into…

The political turmoil during Cultural Revolution allowed for many radical groups to rise to power and exploit the revolution to their own advantage, the most notorious group being the Gang of Four. The group was comprised of four radical political figures that had rose to power when the Cultural Revolution was reaching its peak, this included Mao’s third wife Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan. The group was responsible for carrying out “the harsh policies directed by…