chinese reform
Two years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparentto 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 and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. By 1978 "Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems produced by Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeeded Mao Zedong as CCP leader after Mao's death" (Shirk 35). Hua had demonstrated a desire to continue the ideologically based movements of Mao. Unfortunately, these movements had left China in a state where "agriculture was stagnant, industrial production was low, and the people's living standards had not increased in twenty years" (Nathan 200). This last area was particularly troubling. While "the gross output value of industry and agriculture increased by 810 percent and national income grew by 420 percent [between 1952 and 1980] ... average individual income increased by only 100 percent" (Ma Hong quoted in Shirk 28). However, attempts at economic reform in China were introduced not only due to so
revamping of the Chinese system: "We must throw off the traditional system (Hansell D2). It is no wonder that Chinese investors become anxious about crusade and it is thus easy to see why, for example, China "has staked its University of Chicago Press, 1990. 39-61. disastrous for any country, but particularly for an emerging market such as 369). Illustrative of this optimistic feeling is Shanghai, an area that leadership's perception of the factors that affect China's national
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