The Chinese Civil War, 1945-1950, fought between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (GMD), was a defining conflict for China, East Asia, and the world. The Civil War was marked by a number of large battles and campaigns and the involvement of both the United States and the Soviet Union. The victory of the CCP and the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949 shifted the balance of power in the emerging Cold War.
Analysing the Chinese Revolution by
Analysing the Chinese Revolution helps students to develop understanding of the process of revolution, and to analyse and reflect upon the political, social and economic changes of the Chinese Revolution.
The Chinese Revolution by
In August 1945, World War II was over, and China was liberated after suffering for years under harsh Japanese military rule. But a new war was about to begin. Over the next four years, China would endure a brutal civil war as the Nationalists, who had ruled China before the war against Japan, and their longtime enemies the Communists battled it out to the bitter end. The ultimate Communist victory over the Nationalists brought a massive revolution to Chinese society and even more suffering to the Chinese people.
Chinese Propaganda Posters by
Images portraying model behaviour or a better future have been a ubiquitous element of Chinese political culture from Imperial times until the present. As economic reform swept the People's Republic in the 1980s, visual propaganda ceased to depict the tanned and muscular labourers in a proletarian utopia, so typical of preceding decades. Instead, Western icons of progress and development were employed: high-speed bullet trains, spacecraft, high-rise buildings, gridlocked highways and projections of general affluence. Socialist Realism, the artistic doctrine prescribing the glorification of the communist ideal, was replaced by design and mixed-media techniques that were influenced y Western advertising. This lavishly illustrated study traces the development of the style and content of the Chinese propaganda poster in the decade of reform, from its traditional origins to its use as a tool for political and economic purposes.
The Chinese Cultural Revolution by
A study of cultural life during a turbulent and formative decade in contemporary China, this book seeks to explode several myths about the Cultural Revolution (officially 1966-1976). Through national and local examination of the full range of cultural forms (film, opera, dance, other stage arts, music, fine arts, literature, and even architecture), Clark argues against characterizing this decade as one of chaos and destruction. Rather, he finds that innovation and creativity, promotion of participation in cultural production, and a vigorous promotion of the modern were all typical of the Cultural Revolution.