Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and the People's Republic of China under Zedong. ... Zedong and Stalin led the communists in China and Russia. ... The establishment of totalitarian regimes in the course of history usually followed some sort of political and social upheaval. ... The chaos which followed WWI allowed totalitarian governments to be founded in Russia, Italy, and Germany. ... There have been many totalitarian states throughout the cours...

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To better understand how this came to happen, it is important to revisit the working mechanism of capitalism, its history and how its development has impacted on the society. ... The second change was the formation of a truly global capitalist economy influenced by the rise of Asian economies (Japan, Korea, India and China) and re-emergence of market economies in Eastern Europe and Russia after 1989. ... However, this strategy did not escape the attention of other nations especially the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations. ...

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The Russian's strategy involved provocative threats, which included intimidating Mao with nuclear force. ... Labor columnist Victor Riesel, stated that the Russian-Chinese rift was a planned operation to "throw non-communist forces off their guard" (p. 23). ... With the fall of the Soviet Union, the Chinese and Russian leaders developed a less unified strategy in enacting their agenda, but both seem to continue to employ deceit as a weapon of choice. Nyquist (2012) states "China and Russia continue to collaborate on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East,...

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The results of Mao's plan were less aggressive and harsh on workers and employers and arguably was more successful because of it's immense output of heavy industry and how China could support itself without the assistance of Russia. ... Collectivization policies produced famines in both China and Russia. ... The reasoning behind their policies is simplified to the desire to destroy the history and culture of the countries, which had long been associated with backwardness and dis-functionality, to create a new socialist society. ... An educated work force was essential to create ...

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Russia is in temporary decline. ... They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates in Waugh,S., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some South East Asian states. ... For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the national territory from foreign annexation or intrusion; (b) To regain what had been lost through foreign interve...

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The war torn history of Japan and China is a large part of why the two governments refused to surrender. The Chinese need for redemption and competition stems from their multiple past defeats by the Japanese empire, a history the Sino nation will not soon forget (Swaine, 2013). ...

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Karl Marx once said: "History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches. ... This topic has come to my concern due to my interest as a Chinese to my own nation's history and culture, as well as the significant experiences and stories I was told as a kid by my grandmother, who has spent her childhood in Shanghai during the period of China's Great Leap Forward. ... " 2 Marxism in other words are equality for all, which Karl Marx believed was the key factor to keeping peace in the world, since he proclaimed history as a repeating cycle of wars, caused by class struggle...

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Sun Yat Sen is a figure that is impossible not to refer to while studying the Chinese Revolution. His involvement in the early days of the revolution is hard to deny but how effective and important his contribution was is arguable. There are many different arguments to whether Sun was a failed revolutionary or well deserving of the title "Father of the revolution". There is a variance of opinion of how much sun contributed to the 1911 revolution is a great one. By early 1900 Sun had already expressed his need for the overthrowing of the Qing dynasty. ...

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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong rose from peasantry to become one of China's most historically significant political leader. While working in the Peking University library under Li Dazhao, Mao became a member of the CCP. His political ideology was formed in the 1930's when he rose to party leadership. M...

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