A pity the great man himself didn't see his reforms as "capitalistic". :(
Well, he is in the CCP so he could not openly admit that his reforms are capitalist by nature. Whether anybody likes it or not, capitalism is the way to go.
A pity the great man himself didn't see his reforms as "capitalistic". :(
Deng was a die-hard communist ,he decided to change after seeing no way out & also personal sufferings,humiliations and son being tortured & made paralyzedCredits to Deng for being more open-minded even though as you said, it is a no-brainer. If it is someone who is like-minded like Mao, I doubt it will ever materialize. Deng injected the nation back to life and his policies are the reason why China is not in the same state as Africa. Same reason why China is having economic growth now, thanks to his groundwork.
Mao Zedong's portrait should have been torn down from the Square and replaced with Deng Xiaoping.
Deng was a die-hard communist ,he decided to change after seeing no way out & also personal sufferings,humiliations and son being tortured & made paralyzed
While he searched the way out,his visit to Asian Tigers,including Singapore influche him,also he was also quite convinced by LKY,made the decision to change.The progress of ROC also must be a deciding factor in his critical decision.It is unprecedented before him
He also decided to keep Chairman Mao as a national hero beacause he knew well the upheaval & suffering of Chinese people & China druing the last 100 years.
Not really a no-brainer but Deng was just desperate to find a way out,Spore was lucky to be there,not unlike LKY(PAP) earlier decision to opt for capatilism when the trend at his time of nationalists everywhere was for socialism.It was a natural choice
He got disillusioned with the CCP once those thugs threw his son out of the window and crippling him for life. Not to forget, how he was "marked" by his former party comrades for doing the right thing to save China. Underrated hero.Deng was a true blue communist. He once said that when he died the first person he wanted to meet in heaven was Karl Marx. According to Karl Marx, capitalism is inherently unstable, self destructive and lead eventually to total collapse of the economic system. But Deng saw otherwise and went on to embrace capitalism which was a brave and difficult decision and needed all his political skills to push it through. For that he must be, to me, one of the greatest Chinese ever lived.
To the mainland Chinese, Mao is the one that gave the Chinese people dignity while Deng gave them prosperity. That is why till today 35 years after his death Mao's portrait still hung on Tien An Men Sq.
How about Chiang ? He did give something to Taiwanese people.
Did Chiang give anything to mainland Chinese people ??
How about Chiang ? He did give something to Taiwanese people.
Did Chiang give anything to mainland Chinese people ??
Chiang rescinded China unequal treaties with the Western powers after WW2, vigorously fought for China permanent seat in the UN security council which CCP trumpeted as their achievements.
The Western powers were only too happy to give KMT more money, weapons and ammunition to fight against CCP if he gave up revoking the unequal treaties and the UN security seat. Chiang refused and chose China national dignity over his party political survival.
The list of slanders and untruths against Chiang Kai-shek and the Republic of China were endless.
Mao Zedong is not the great helmsman. He's a millennial culprit. 千古罪人。His Great Leap Forward brought China two hundred years backward economically and his Cultural Revolution brought China two thousand years backward culturally. Don't think I'm joking or exaggerating. Look at PRC public toilets. Even Han Dynasty or Ming Dynasty had better, more hygienic and dignified toilets than those of so-called modern PRC.
thanks to ramseth for speaking the truth of mao zedong.if without him,
china will not be like this today.china will not become a nation of fake things.
I remember Thailand as the original land of fakes. In my schooldays, Thai fake Cartier wallets and Dunhill belts were the fashion of the day. When I grew up and finally visited Thailand, all kinds of fakes from jerseys to watches lined the streets and marketplace. Haven't been to China, but by reputation, I avoid buying Chinese made products. That's worse than Thailand because Thais sell fakes as fakes. Chinese seem to try to pass off fakes as real things.
Thais sell fakes as fakes. Chinese seem to try to pass off fakes as real things.
The Chinese culture of manufacturing industry.
I won't want to use the word 'fake' to demean them.
(1) New factory started to make new product- Chinese manufacturers will use the most inferior material or the cheapest raw material to process into finished goods (FG).
(2) The 'lowest grade' of few batches of finished goods produced. Chinese advertised or lie that this products is of highest grade produce & of good quality. Thus consumers believe & paid higher price for it & got cheated.
(3) After making huge profits from the inferior FG the Chinese will use the profits generated into buying better raw materials now to produce and improve on quality assurance. The remaining profits use to advertised its product loud & big as prove the manufacturer make & sell real goods
The above is just simple process of how Chinese businessmen started out first before making a good reputation for their business.
Dear Sideswipe
Agree with most of yr points
Still,it was corruption.
US congress & president were convinced that KMT was just a bunch of greedy bastards who only wanted to enrich their pockets,and they saw in Chiarman Mao,a new generation of young Chinese leaders with idealism,to build up China,remember at that time,cold war has not started and CCP was not considered an enemy.
All these changed after the Korean war & the start of McCarthyism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
Chiang should have plan a sneak attack on Russia or then Soviet Union after rebuilding Taiwan. But he did not do so.
Neither he invade mainland China again...:o
Chiang is lucky China did not send the PLA over to retake the Taiwan province.
During that 1949 era onward.. there is still US intervention to prevent mainland China CCP from attacking Taiwan. Later there is also a Taiwan Relation Act to protect the island if PRC invade it.