A Brief History After a century of wars and epidemics that left serious damages; the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. ... Then the average Chinese family had over four children. ... Veritable or not, the policy has caused many irreversible problems for China. ... In Chinese culture, boys are viewed as culturally preferable, resulting in gender imbalance. ... The birth of females in China often results in abortion, abandonment and infanticide. ...

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Although many things divide them today, Communist and Nationalist Chinese agree in their admiration for Sun Yat-Sen, known as the father of modern China. ... In 1912 the Republic of China was proclaimed. ... China joined the Allies in World War I, and at the Versailles peace conference the Chinese demanded an end to foreign spheres of influence in their country. ... The years from 1928 to 1937 are known as the Nationalist era in Chinese history. ... But Communist China was admitted to the United Nations in 1971, and in 1972 US President Richard Nixon visited China, beginning the normalization ...

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There were many revolutions throughout history. ... Chinese Revolution happened in 1949. ... Communist was driven to the interior of China. ... He started to build up China. ... It changed politics, economy and culture of Chinese. ...

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Life in China In China life was pretty miserable for many years under the control of Mao Zedong. The future of China lay in the hands of the communist party. ... China then endured Mao's Great Leap forward, in which he believed that socialism could triumph over capitalism or more directly that the Chinese way was the only way. ... Deng Xiaoping also had an impact on China after the death of Mao Zedong, and I believe his efforts to help change China were effective. ... National independence and global interdependence became part of the post-war history of Asia. ...

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The Chinese Cultural Revolution, a period marked by struggle, destruction, and communism, serves as a major blemish on the People's Republic of China. No greater was this disaster felt than on those who experienced it first hand- China's populous. ... A brainwashed China is made clear when Heng travels to Peking to see Chairman Mao. ... The Chinese Cultural Revolution was a period of a heavy political presence as well as total control of the masses, a time in history that eerily parallels that of George Orwell's 1984. ... The result of which was a release from the brainwashed st...

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Deng Xiaoping got away from Mao Tse-tung and came up with the second revolution, this dealt with reforming China's declining economy system and giving them the opportunity of improving and saving such damaged economy. As well as permitting China to open out to the world with an improved and reformed economic system. ... In the late 1900s, the reform included efforts to boost foreign trade through the establishment of about twelve different state companies that controlled imports and exports along China's southern coastlines. ... Even though both reforms seemed to have potential and e...

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