China

China

The history of China is embeded with revolution and tension dating back

to the feudal periods and the " first unified Chinese empire under Qi Shi Huang

Di in 221 B.C. " The Confucianism ideology entrenched in the minds of the

Chinese people with its conservative base and the need to achieve harmony in

society has yet to be reached and most likely, never will. The proletariat is

at the heart of the Marxist-Maoist approach to politics and the basic way of

life for the Chinese masses considering that "...roughly 85% of the population

is based in peasantry..." While Marxism, as implemented by the Chinese

Communist Party (CCP) and Nationalism have historically hindered the people of

China; a growing need to conform to capitilism is plainly obvious if there will

ever be success in the global market.

The Marxist theory is based on a classless society where the proletariat

or working class is given the opportunity to exist on an equal social level with

the remainder of the people while given a form of leadership of its own for the

first time. The dictatorship of the proletariat in communist China called the "

peoples democratic dictatorship " is considered by the Chinese Communist Party

to be truly democratic, since it is the dictatorship of the vast majority, the ‘

people' over a tiny minority of reactionaries. The Chinese Communist Party

formed in 1921 is founded upon strict Marxist beliefs that coincide with ideas

expressed in the Communist Manifesto.

" The CCP has, as it's mission the creation

of a stateless classless society. Because the

dictatorship of the proletariat must be led by

the party of the proletariat, the CCP by virtue

of being the vanguard of the working class, and

because of its knowledge of Marxism-Leninism

and its organizatioal capacities, is best able to

understand and realize the interests of all people."

The Communist Manifesto described the " conquest of political power by the

proletariat " as the objective of the Communist. " The fundamentals of the CCP

were originally based on extreme ‘leftist' views that centered around the

proletariat. The party would virtually work for the victory of socialism in

China while at the same time, looking to dismiss capitalism.

Mao Zedong, one of the fou...

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...ve all presently or over time

worked against China flourishing into the new world of capitalism and free

enterprise. In order for China to succeed and reach the ‘harmony' its Confucian

ideology promises, Marxism, nationalism and sinocentrism must all be abandoned

in the attempt to reach a democratic, capitalist lifestyle and business practice.

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