holden+and+gabriel+chinese+political+history

1.what is communism and how did it start in china? communism is a system of government that is designed to give everyone equality, but unfortunatly every where communism has spread equality has not been managed, is spread as part of the domino theory during the cold war when russia started to spread its communist influence and ideologys and it was chairman mao who lead the chinese upriseing against the former system of government

2.who is chairman Mao? Chairman Mao was the leader of the chinese revolution. he was the founding father of the "peoples republic of china". he came into power when he was commanding the long march to repel the japanese invaders. he then lead the chinese communist party in the chinese civil war.

3.what was life like for the chinese people between 1930-1980?

4.what is the long march? the long march was a military retreat undertaken by the red army of the communist party of china. the army was under the brink of destruction by the generalissimo chiang kai-shek. the red army (communists) who were surrounded escaped in a retreat that encircled the enemy army letting them escape to the west and north. this red army was led by Mao Zedong aka Chairman Mao and Zhou enlai. this increased the support for Mao dramatically inside the party increasing his power within the party.

5.what was the ruling structure in china before communism? the ruleing system before it was overthrown and replaced by communism was nationalism a system of government that is based on a strong sense of unity under a nation determined by birth and origins

6.outline historical chinese achievments? china had some of the best scientific minds of their day creating many inventions which have helped to make the world it is today. some of these inventions include 1.the secrets of sailing: the chinese were great navigators and were some of the best ship makers ever but one invention used for boats called a "scull" which has been claimed as their most scientific invention yet acted as a rudder and was the equivalant of 3 oars. 2.the abacus: the first calculator 3.the earliest aviation exploration: an inventor called Lu Ban created a wooden magpie which flew up and stayed in the air for 3 days. 4.getting fire from the sun: they created mirrors to reflect the sun which created sun the mirror would be made up of mainly copper. the 4 greatest inventions the chinese created which have changed the world are 1.the ability to make paper 2.printing 3.gunpowder 4. the compass

7.how has china changed today? what is life like in china now?