This and more was detailed in the Five-Year Plan, aimed at developing economic growth and land reform (Cairns). ... It was estimated that about one million landlords were killed in this land redistribution process. It was not fair at all, because Mao was forcing them to give up the land they owned. They deserved the right to keep their own land without the government barging in, taking their land, and killing them if they opposed it. ... Normal customs suddenly became the, "old thoughts" and, "old habits" and it made you a bad person if you didn't start thinking as the...

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This program will build on the technical progress of already existing missile systems, integrate land, air and seas based platforms, and employ more realistic scenarios and countermeasures against enemy missiles. ...

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We were always given the works that the white men didn't want any part of, but it was not a big thing for us because work was work, and no matter how bad the job it is, it was still work, and we had to do it to get the money. ... But the people up on the top of the mountain weren't quick enough to pull him up, so his body was spread all over the land of gold. ...

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China has cheaper land price and labours, more resources and high demand of market. ... This issue has impressed me a lot because of the following reasons: Firstly, when thinking about this issue, I get into dilemma whether Being materialistic is a good thing or a bad thing? ... However excess money can lead to bad parenting style which creates non-engaged youths who have no aspirations or ambitions in life. ...

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Why does the image of an Indonesian sewing sneakers for .60 cents an hour evoke so much more feeling than the image of another indonesian earning the equivalent of .30 cents an hour trying to feed his family on a tiny plot of land?. ... People agree that the conditions in some factories are very bad but if the factory was shut down altogether, there would be a huge loss of income and jobs. ... I do agree the problem is shady businesses that secretly know the conditions are bad but get around this by paying off certain people. ...

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New laws introduced included the confiscation of the land belonging to landlords and giving it to individual families. ... I think the president that came into it after it started really didn't know what was the right thing to do and so out of pride and not wanting to be the only president to lose a war he made very bad decisions. ...

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Confucianism in Japan and China The Japanese people had little civilization of their own until, during the fourth century AD, they began to have contact with the Chinese. From them, they borrowed a great deal of their culture, including their ideas of philosophy and their form of government. A...

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