Friday, November 15, 2019
China Essay -- Chinese Economy Market Essays
China      The history of China is embeded with revolution and tension dating back to the feudal periods and the " first unified Chinese empire under Qi Shi Huang Di in 221 B.C. " The Confucianism ideology entrenched in the minds of the Chinese people with its conservative base and the need to achieve harmony in society has yet to be reached and most likely, never will. The proletariat is at the heart of the Marxist-Maoist approach to politics and the basic way of life for the Chinese masses considering that "...roughly 85% of the population is based in peasantry..." While Marxism, as implemented by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Nationalism have historically hindered the people of China; a growing need to conform to capitilism is plainly obvious if there will ever be success in the global market.      The Marxist theory is based on a classless society where the proletariat or working class is given the opportunity to exist on an equal social level with the remainder of the people while given a form of leadership of its own for the first time. The dictatorship of the proletariat in communist China called the " peoples democratic dictatorship " is considered by the Chinese Communist Party to be truly democratic, since it is the dictatorship of the vast majority, the ‘ people' over a tiny minority of reactionaries. The Chinese Communist Party formed in 1921 is founded upon strict Marxist beliefs that coincide with ideas expressed in the Communist Manifesto.                " The CCP has, as it's mission the creation                of a stateless classless society. Because the                dictatorship of the proletariat must be led by the party of the proletariat, the CCP by virtue                of being the vanguard of the working class, and                because of its knowledge of Marxism-Leninism                and its organizatioal capacities, is best able to understand and realize the interests of all people." The Communist Manifesto described the " conquest of political power by the proletariat " as the objective of the Communist. " The fundamentals of the CCP were originally based on extreme ‘leftist' views that centered around the proletariat. The party would virtually work for the victory of socialism in China while at the same time, looking to dismiss capitalism.      Mao Zedong, one of the fou... ...ve all presently or over time worked against China flourishing into the new world of capitalism and free enterprise. In order for China to succeed and reach the ‘harmony' its Confucian ideology promises, Marxism, nationalism and sinocentrism must all be abandoned in the attempt to reach a democratic, capitalist lifestyle and business practice. Works Cited: Hay, Morris, Lin, and Yao. Economic Reform and State owned Enterprises in China ,1979-87 Clarenden Press: Oxford. 1994 Infeld, Al. China as a Model of Development Orbis Books: New York. 1976 Kraus, Willy. Economic Development and Social Change in the Peoples Republic of China Springer-Verlag: New York, Heidelberg and Berlin. 1990 Leonhard, Wolfgang. The Three Faces of Marxixm Holt, Rinehart and Winston: New York, Chicago and San Fransisco. 1974 Ogden, Dr. Suzanne. China (Sixth ed.) Dushkin Publishing Group/Brown and Benchmark Publishers: Connecticut. 1995 Waller, Derek J. The Government and Politics of Communist China Anchor Books: Garden City, New York. 1991 World Press Review - Understanding China March, 1996. M. Zuckerman. U.S. News and World Report - China's New Reality. March 15, 1995.
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