PSC211 Final When we talk of China in the second half of twentieth century, we better refer to this country as awaken giant. Until the Communist revolution in 1948, China used to be exploited by Western countries and regarded by them as the nation with strong body, but stupid head. After Mao Zedong came to power, China had radically changed its domestic and foreign policies. Just like in Soviet Union, Communists deployed the program of collectivization, which was based on the elimination of private property in agricultural sector. Naturally, USSR became the biggest ally of Communist China. Up until 1953 Soviets had built 950 industrial objects in China alone.
Stalin used to supplie its newly acquired ally with numerous industrial products, without asking anything in exchange. About 10000 Soviet engineers were sent to China to help it with its numerous industrial projects. Just before the death of Stalin, Mao Zedong has even demanded Soviet Union to disclose the secret of nuclear weapon. Yet, this demand was being rejected by Stalin, who replied that it will not happen, before Chinese recognize Soviet leading role in the Communist movement. After the death of Stalin, Chinese government declared all its agreements with USSR null and void. It announced that Soviets were revisionists and that China alone was responsible for spreading the shining truth of Communism around the world.
The Chinese hostile sentiment towards its former ally reached its peak in 1960, when Chinese army tried to occupy part of Russian territory in far east, which China claimed was their. Yet, Russians did not let the Chinese to get away with that. They beat them back in a matter of few days, showing China that USSR was not the right country to fool around with. By 1970, Chinese were being officially referred to by Soviet officials as yellow plague. Even now, the relations between Russia and China are rather cold. Russia demands China to prevent its citizens from infiltrating Russian territories in the far east, which has a grave demographical impact on Russia.
The Essay on How China became Chinese
Jared’s Diamond’s “Guns, Germ and Steel” is an historical narrative that focuses on alternate explanations to the rise and fall of civilizations and the development of cultures and societies by tracing evolutions and nuances in world and human history dating as far back as 13,000 years ago to the present. It is an historical treatise that moves away from a largely Eurocentric model of the world ...
If Chinese continue to sneak across the border, by year 2050 the population of Russian far east will consist 80% of Chinese. Contemporary political observers tend to explain the fact that undeveloped nations usually stick to the authoritarian model of the government because it allows local elites to exploit the population in their countries in the most efficient way. This theory also used to be very popular among communists, who suggested that stronger imperialist powers in the world suppress liberation movements in underdeveloped countries, by supporting local authoritarian regimes. They predicted that the elimination of private property and establishing communist governments, would automatically mean the end of authoritariasm in every particular country. Yet, something totally opposite has happened – communist regimes are now known as the most totalitarian in the world. It has been about 60 years since China got rid of the last remnants of colonialism, nevertheless its government continues to remain a totalitarian, even though China is considered to be a third most powerful country in the world.
A Point to Point Protocol suggests that the form of countrys government is defined by the quality of its foreign affairs. This, in my opinion, cannot be considered as fully valid theory. For example, before Algeria has gained an independence from France in 1965, its total GNP used to be 12% higher than in a few years, after this country became a democracy and was being recognized by other states as sovereign nation. Therefore, it is wrong to exclusively link the standards of living in every particular country with a form of its government . In Southeast Asia there were never strong democratic traditions. The governments of countries in that region might unwillingly accept democracy, like it happened in Malaysia, but their essence will remain unchanged.
The Essay on United Nations World Countries China
In the following paragraphs, we will be an analysis and discussing the formation, the contribution, and the security of the United Nations. We will also be offering our personal assessment of the success and the failures of this task, along with our personal future prospects of this organization. United Nations as it is known today is the continuation of the League of Nation. Which was formed ...
China was under Communist rule for over fifty years now, yet itd be wrong to suggest that this country was a true communist state. If tomorrow Chinese government gets to be overthrown and replaced with democratic one, nothing will change much. China will always remain what it always used to be a despotic empire. The thousand years of Chinese history is the best proof to this thesis.
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