... mainland, Taiwan began its ascent from tyranny to democracy. The factors which helped lead towards this democratization are very straightforward: First, Taiwan had reached a socioeconomic level that fulfilled the precondition for democracy; e.g., high per-capita income Second the lack of landlords and big capitalists and the cross ... March 18, 2000, Taiwan held its second free presidential elections, which resulted in Chen Shui-bian, a pro-independence candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party . This ended over fifty years of Nationalist rule in Taiwan. Although this is promising...

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... the balance of trade; they would export more than they import. In 1973, British desired an increase in trading rights but emperor Qianlong refused. Sometime after this demand, China has reached a period of decline. Then the Industrial Revolution had created a need for extended markets in European goods. In the 1800's, Western nations began to use their rising power and glory to ... to peasants. The Communists became known as "The Red Bandits" and Jieshi wanted them gone. He began to organize extermination campaigns to get rid of them. In 1934 the Communist party had made a stand and tra...

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... government creates and develop concept of Big China. It is economical and political integration on the basis of the Asian Pacific region. Capital flows between China Hong Kong and Taiwan reached the amount of 650 billion. GDP of China is almost 10 trillions. (World Bank 2014) The main geopolitical advantage of China is humanitarian attitude in internal and external policy ... influence. Such attitude is based on the process of Chinese economical integration into the world market economy. New essence of Chinese geopolitics was created during XVII Congress of the Communist party. Firstly ne...

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... speak English. Though there are nearly 200 dialects in China, there is only one written language. The People's Republic of China is a socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The Chinese government promotes atheism although the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The Chinese practice a variety of religions and the three main religions are Buddhism, Taoism or Daoism ... trade and investment. The result has been a quadrupling of GDP since 1978. In 2001, with its 1.27 billion people but a GDP of just $4,300 per capita, the GDP of China reached 7.3% i...

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... there were over 200 Communists in the State Department (Feuerlicht, 55). And some 57 cases of people who fall into the category of card - carrying Communists, loyalist of the Communist Party, or risks to the nation (Divine, 265). Despite the issue of Communists in America there was a bigger issue, Communist spies. Though the truth of the matter is that all countries ... fall of McCarthy people and countries still spy on each other. Only now the spying has passed the level it was at during the McCarthy years (Feuerlicht, 152). The spying reached its peak when in 1967 it was ordered by pr...

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... idea for private enterprises proved to be a good one. The annual gross domestic product (GDP) has grown over the years to over 544.6 billion dollars by the early 1990s. Agriculture reached even the rural areas. The industrial output through manufacturing, mining, electricity generation and building and construction grew at an amazing rate. (Microsoft Encarta). Prior to WWII the area known as ... peasant farmers to pay their rents. The taxes levied against them by the imperial government caused very little profit to be made. It was not until 1949 when the Communist Party established a un...

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... to deal with the current problems involving Taiwan. The issue that I am mainly concerned with is the one-China principle which is set to have Taiwan ruled by the Communist party and no longer be a democratic entity and China would have sovereignty over Taiwan. Clinton had long urged that the USA continue to abandon talks with Taiwan and stuck to that ... Marxist type economy practices as those of the past. China was a favored nation and in that it has found much economic prosperity, the trade deficit in favor of China has reached a 4.3 billion-dollar mark. The United States is the third...

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... having more children to help with the work and produce more. Lack of space in Urban area's induced pressure on couples not to have more children. A satisfying compromise was never reached between the two mitigating factors of urban and rural family needs. Thus, an ineffective initiative was implemented. Due to the ineffectiveness of the law, compliance became a problem, especially in the ... the patriarchal interests of the state. In each case there were women who attempted to challenge the privileged status of men. But then there were also women enlisted by the party-state to reorient ...

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