There were limits imposed by the state on the "participation of Chinese origin people in political life, their access to Crown land, and their employment on public works... "(226) This area was nicknamed "Chinatown" and was an "ethnic" neighborhood", a "racially visible and culturally distinct minority"(227) Racial prejudices and Ethnic inequality was really bad after that. ...
In 1978, the Chinese government commenced economic reforms which saw the economy experience tremendous economic growth. And between 1978 and 2007 the annual growth rate of GDP per capita averaged at 10 percent without any signs of deceleration. As a matter of fact, China accounted for 35 percent of the growth in the world GDP at purchasing power parity prices. In 2007, the country experienced a historical economic expansion of over 14 percent. However, in 2012, the economic expansion eased, with real GDP growth estimated at around 8 percent, but its economic growth was still stable and continu...
Mao seemed to have organised the communes effectively, he divided China's agricultural land into 70,000 communes, each commune made up from 750,000 brigades and each brigade containing roughly 200 households, the whole system was under control of the PRC's central government and everything was to be dictated by the government, there was no private farming and peasants needed internal passports to pass from one commune to another. ... In 1959 he declared to a group of government ministers 'Peasants are hiding food and a very bad. ...
The history of Chinese civilization spans thousands of years and encompasses countless ideas, beliefs, and societal and political doctrines. However, from a modern standpoint one distinct perspective prevails above the rest in the manner and degree it has influenced the development of China. For the...
These groups aimed to overthrow the Qing, establish a republic, get rid of foreign powers, develop democratic ideas and distribute land to the peasants. ... I believe that Sun's lack of support of Song Jiaoren's GMD was a bad move in Sun Yat Sen's favour as that would have been a great opportunity to promote his ideology of democracy. ... I believe that Sun made a very bad move not concerting with the anti-imperialism protests. ...
