-Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regarding Soviet Russian history. ... This seemed to be a trend for many aspects of Russian history. Consequently, this subject was dropped in favour of studying the history of the Chinese Communist Party, as it was an area which I was keen to learn about, overlapped in many places with Soviet history and had a relatively large amount of data published about it. ... The subject is also advantageous as at several points the Sino-Soviet histories overlap. ...

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To answer this, I have selected three countries in East Asia who are close to China in geographical terms and also very similar to China before the Foreign Direct Investment swarmed into China in the 1990s; India, the Philippines, and Vietnam. ... Another key reason why investors will remain in China is the Chinese government structure. ... Furthermore, because the Chinese government is communist, it gives China a huge advantage over other developing democratic countries for many reasons. ... In the 1970s, the Chinese government launched a project to establish the Special Economic Zone near th...

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(Tonkin Annam and Cochin China were regions in the North, Central and South Vietnam. ... The Chinese had no sympathy for the French and when they withdrew, they left Ho's government in place. ... The French forced the Viet Minh into the country areas and first Indo-Chinese war had begun. ... By the end of 1949, the situation had radically changed with the success of the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) against the Nationalist Chinese. ... In the South, "Cochin China", the communist-led forces were too weak, lacking in arms and effective leadership, to prevail against ...

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During the same period, China underwent several transformations, which included opening up the economy to the west and increasing foreign investment. ... Even though the desire of the Chinese citizens to end the Communist regime and establish a democracy resulted in the government returning to its conservative roots, the revolution was a wake up call to the west to act against the oppressive acts of the Chinese regime. ... For example, it would be incorrect to label the Chinese economy as entirely communist because it is clear that it is opening up to the West. ... The modern approach st...

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Chinese and English Language and culture are closely related to and dependent on each other throughout their history. ... Language and culture evolved and developed together, and therefore have been interwoven and mutually dependent throughout their history. ... Dogs are often regarded as human beings' companions or friends in English-speaking countries, but the same word is often used with a derogatory sense, as in "×ß""ÌÈÊ'""Í ¾uÊ "" ¼ ±ÌÃ¸Ç ½"in Chinese. ... These words may suggest quite different associations in western and Chinese cultures. ...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. His analysis describes capitalism as the first stage followed by socialism and finally communism. Marx believed that socialism is where workers recognized their interests and became "class conscious". This ...

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Marxism was known as the scientific socialism or better known as Communism which stated that human history was determined by class warfare. ... Despite the efforts of the Seminary's administrators, Stalin and his classmates read many anti-establishment literature ranging from the romantic novels of Victor Hugo to the works of Charles Jean Marie Letourneau who was a Frenchman who attempted to analyze all of the world's history through the lens of his own radical political ideas. ...

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Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. ... However, Communism was prominent in China and towards the end of the Cold War U.S-Chinese relations were relatively good. ...

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Karl Marx introduced Marxism into the world because he believed that social standing was determined by money. Through creating such divisions as the upper, middle, and lower class, the theory of Marxism analyzes what ways capitalism can be used against the people. In the book The Grapes of Wrath wri...

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