chinese hstory

chinese history

2007

1 . Introduction

In the history of the world , we have witness the so call triumph of capitalism over communism , two of the largest ideologies that are adopted by the most powerful nations of the world . As the Soviet Union crumbled , it is almost evidential that capitalism is the light that will bring prosperity to the people and communism is the black sheep of ideologies . Nevertheless , along with the development of China as the most famous of Asian Tigers , such a sentiment is becoming more doubtable . China is

no doubt a communist nation , but its policies toward openness and business have become the key to its position as the fastest growing economy in the world and the world 's greatest recipient of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment

Some believed that the Chinese has a very different way of applying the communism ideology in its societies compare to the Soviets . Despite the similar characteristics of communism possessed by these two nations (in the form of frequent rebellions and civil wars , some argued that it is the support of the people that differentiates the outcome of Chinese communism and Soviets ' communism . Although analysts discovered common existence of various values of communism in China as it was in the Soviet Union , like public possession of materials and the denial upon concepts of divinity (religions , Communism in China is considered more absorbent to the people 's will and thus proves the maturity of the system , while the Soviet Union was trapped in a top-down applied system which depicted its troublesome nature

In this I am studying the history of Chinese political structure to provide arguments in support or in denial of the sentiment that Chinese communism was built with more support from its people

2 . Background of China

China , home for more than 1 .3 billion people , becomes one of the world 's fastest growing economy . Within the past decade , the country recorded an average of 8 .2 of GDP growth . The figure put China to be the world 's 7th largest economy and 4th largest trader to date (Jintao 2003

The main reason of the country 's successful rapid growth comes from its decision to conduct comprehensive economic reforms , including its 2001 WTO accession . The impact of such reformation is China becomes famous for its dramatic shift from a relatively closed economy prior to 1970 to the world 's largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment to date . The year 1978 was the time when the country conducted a massive makeover of its foreign trade policy (Coughlin , 1999

As the first policy of allowing limited amount of foreign investment has seemed to work superbly , the Chinese government figured out that it was a good idea to let `a little more ' money coming in

Once the decision to get a little more money ' set up , immediately afterwards , the foreign investment into China grows significantly putting the country to be one of the main pillars of Chinese economic reformation while playing a key role...