That quickly led to a commitment to economic development under the auspices of a politically autocratic state – all of this under the control of a political party that in 2010 calls itself "communist" but that encourages millionaires to join its ranks, and which espouses a market economy in a blend that no one quite knows what to call. ... The Qing was what is called a "conquest dynasty.... But even in the best of times there was resentment of the "barbarians," and a yearning for the truly "Chinese" Dynasty that the Qing had supplanted. It is hardly sur...

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Despite such resentment and animosity towards "barbaric- Manchu rule, the Qing dynasty effectively consolidated their power by implementing strong military organization, cleansing the political realm of society and with the rule of Emperor Kangxi, the central designer of Qing consolidation. ...

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In short, this essay will study key influences on the development of the understanding of the question- What motivated Mao to instigate the Cultural Revolution? ... MacFarquhar asserts that the Cultural Revolution was a struggle to maintain the spirit of Chinese Socialism, and to avoid, what Mao had interpreted as the degradation seen on the revisionist path taken by Soviet Russia. ... Origins of the Cultural Revolution, which downplays any self-centred motivation on the part of Mao as the minor influence of "resentment" towards his overly ambitious colleagues, is an analysis of the Cultural...

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