The Nobel Foundation awards the annual Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine to three individuals. Their outstanding discoveries are looked upon as a cure to benefit mankind. One of this year’s Nobel Prize recipients is Youyou Tu. Tu is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, medical scientist, and educator that found the cure for malaria. Her past researches has won awards on her hopes to attend the Chinese Academy of Science. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, malaria is…
Term: Zhou Enlai/1898-1976 Definition: An important and leading figure in the Chinese Communist Party. Significance: Enlai was concerned about the fighting between the Red Guards and the revisionists. He called for an end to these attacks on party officials. Enlai and was the main maker of the Détente policy with the United States. 17. Term: Jiang Qing/1914-1991 Definition: Wife of…
his next 20 years of office would be more radical than any leader of China before him. Deng was a follower of his predecessor and mentor Zhou Enlai, and with his coming of office announced that China was adapting the Four Modernizations – agriculture, industry, science and tech, and national security. These four modernizations originally set fourth by Zhou Enlai, became defining features of 20th century China. The Four Modernizations were designed to make China a great economic power by the…
by junior army officers, gentry, police and intellectuals and recruited from peasants, workers, bandits and shanlin, demonstrating the possibility of unity against the Japanese. The CCP cadres in Manchuria, discouraged these armies, believing as Zhou Enlai proclaimed "landlords, capitalists, warlords, all manner of counter-revolutionaries and the running dogs of the yellow unions" were attempting to spearhead the struggle instead of the oppressed workers. The Second United Front forced the…
Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping were two leaders who were both at the forefront of Chinese politics at different periods in time (Deng Xiaoping emerged the de facto leader of China though he never officially held office as head of State or head of government). Though they both wanted a communist government, they had ideological differences in the economic policies they felt was ideal for China. Owing to the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese economy expanded by leaps and…
were like godsent to these people as people finally got a chance to get off the fields (Revoli 85-86). Unable to afford the huge expenses of factories and technology after being 'robbed' in World War II, the heads of the Chinese government like Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong agreed to 'abandon' the communist idea and support privatization. On the way to privatization, China again became the main supplier of apparel after eighteenth century. According to United Nations' COMTRADE…
Pakistan had good relations with both the US and PRC, so it made sense to contact China via Pakistan. Finally, on February 21, 1972, Nixon flew to China and met with Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and Zhou Enlai, the PRC Premier to discuss détente between the two countries. The results of Nixon’s week in China benefited both countries. As the trip neared its end, the two governments issued the Shanghai Communiqué. The document recognized China…
A hero is described as a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, and or noble qualities. Former President Richard Nixon vigorously attempted to abide by this definition while ensuring that the people of the U.S would be under proper leadership. President Nixon was elected into presidency in 1968. He took over for President Lyndon B. Johnson who’s most acknowledgeable action, was waging war with Vietnam. And with the war, he also had the pleasure of dealing with…
Mao’s superb political wisdom, superior military thinking, and operational command made a great contribution towards the Chinese Red Army to achieve victory in the Long March. This statement, with supporting evidences presented in this essay will show that because of Mao’s great leadership during the Long March, helped the Chinese Red Army to survive. First, Mao led the successful Zunyi Meeting. Due to the wrong command by the previous leaders of the army (Li De and Bo GU), the relations between…
President Nixon met with the Chinese premier Zhou Enlai. Both leaders made an agreement to expand their cultural contacts with each other. In addition, Nixon established plans to allow a permanent U.S. trade mission in China. Because of President Nixon, the United States is the first country to be interested…