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... The fact is that may Chinese were punished, thrown in prison, tortured and killed without the benefit of a due process of law; this does not bode well for those in China who might wish to speak out in opposition officials, policies, and political movements- the people of China have seen what has happened in the past, and they do not wish, I am sure, for history to repeat itself. ... , July1, 1957)
The history books read that the imprisonment of thousands of rightists were not Mao’s original intentions, but what do history books know of a man’s true mind? ...
The Great Leap Forward (GLF) marks a period in China’s history wherein there were highly innovative, new approaches to engineering technological and industrial advancements. This plan for economic development went against the grain of any previous notions for the design of a communist society; it varied significantly from orthodox Marxist or Stalinist theory. Hence, the GLF marked a new strain of theory in communist development; a communist society based largely upon an agricultural infrastructure had never before been conceived. In addition, an increased political and tactical awareness of Chairman Mao Zedong, who stood in opposition to other high-up Chinese officials such as Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, was developed, and was much less conservative and open to new strategies for policy and infrastructural development. ... Whereas Stalin called for a massive urban development through the engineering of factories, Mao advocated only a light industrial base in the urban areas, and, forever the friend of the common man, called for a use of technology that would make peasant life more convienant (tractors and combines for example), and more conducive to supplying food to those that did work in urban areas.
Approximate Word count = 2861
Approximate Pages = 11.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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