Résumé
The several economic reforms that China had especially since 1978, after the arrival of Deng Xiaoping at the head of the chinese government. How do the reform worked? What are the results?
Extract:
Two years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward (The Great Leap Forward planned to develop agriculture and industry. Mao believed that both had to grow to allow the other to grow. Industry could only prosper if the work force was well fed) and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle (...)