HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Qin Dynasty, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Duxiu
26 Dec 2015
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This is the day the berlin wall was knocked down. China aka the people"s republic of china started to become a leading global power alongside the soviet union and the. The people"s republic of china began in 1949. Current chinese population is 1. 4 billion people/1. 7 billion. Mao zedong was the leader of the chinese communist party: characteristics and economy of people"s republic of china. Has parliament and universal suffrage, but has an authoritarian with single party rule. Ruled by the communist party who believe in a revolutionary vanguard, making them more bolshevik than communist. Since 1949, china has had a command economy: the government solely controls the economy; the opposite of free trade. Starting in 1978, the government of china began to transform their command economy into a mixed economy: has the characteristics of more than one type of economy. Mixed with free economy and command, strengthening their economic standing. Allowed them to rise as a global power.
