Communism In China

The people of China have a proud heritage that they carry with them and pass on to their children. China is one the oldest country's on the planet. Ancient China was a superpower for much of its history. That ended after Western nations discovered China and forcibly opened markets in the country. Both ancient and recent history plays a role in how the people of China behave today and lead too much of the communist policies that are still in effect. Other factors that play a role in their culture are climate, economy, and foreign relations.

China envelopes the majority of the eastern region of the Asian continent; the total land mass of China is over 3.7 million square miles ("The World Fact Book", 2017). Along the borders are 14 different

In the previous two decades, China is adopting more capitalist policies and opening private markets. The transformation started in 1978 and had since brought millions of the Chinese people out of poverty. One of the most dramatic changes occurred when the Three Gorges Damn human resettlement occurred in 1992 ("The Three Gorges Damn In China", 1995). Projects such as the damn are only a small part of China's economy to include agriculture, energy, industry, and trade (Technology Integration Division, 2010).

China energy resources are vast and incredibly abundant. The most abundant supply of energy is coal. Behind Russia and the United States, China has the world's third-largest coal reserve. There are over 16,000 small coal mines throughout the country. Coal is primarily used for the industrial sector and not for electricity. With China's commitment to improving the economy; coal will be the primary source of energy for the industrial division (Technology Integration Division,

China for thousands of years ruled under an imperialistic rule. For generations, China would be in a constant state of war. Each dynasty would end by being overthrown by an enemy. There was a period where China divided into smaller kingdoms such as the Eastern and Western Zhou kingdoms. China went through many dynasties. The Qing dynasty was the last dynasty before the Republic of China came forth. The breakdown of the empire was the result of many uprisings such as the Boxer Rebellion. The soldiers of the Boxer Rebellion targeted foreign diplomats and Chinese converts to Christianity; this partly due to the Opium Wars a century earlier. British merchants introduced Opium to the Chinese that at first was well received. Then social and economic problems arose, and the government banned Opium from the country. British merchants found Chinese merchants willing to buy the Opium because of the lucrative profits; this leads to war. The Chinese armies were not as technologically advanced as the British; this leads to numerous Chinese defeats. The treaties made benefit the British but harmed the Chinese. Imperial China ended in 1911 with Sun Yat-sen leading a revolutionary force to establish a republic in China (Technology Integration Division,