During the 1980's, China came under the rule of a new man. His name was Deng Xiaoping. China's culture and views on trade were greatly influenced by Deng, yet he failed in establishing a democratic China. Contrary to many people's beliefs, Deng did not create any democracy in China. The event that occurred at Tiennamen Square shows how much that Deng would rather give in to the people of China. June 5th, 1989 is a day that will live in infamy and shame for many Chinese. Many citizens of China gathered in Tiennamen Square to protest communism and promote the acceptance of democracy. The freedom found in democracy was a dream that many Chinese had because they lived in communism for all of their lives. Many of the teachers and students at the rally had actually experienced the wonders of democracy first hand on visits to Amer
A small step towards democracy has taken place in China's lowest government. Village officials are now elected by the citizens of the village. Although the officials are elected, the candidates have to be chosen by the local communist party. This, in many ways, is just a false sense of freedom given by the government. Deng Xiaoping predicted that China's highest form of government would not see free election for at least 50 years. But there is new action being taken by Jaing, China's new leader. Jaing is currently working with the United States to bring China closer to democracy.
All papers and essays are for research and reference purposes only!
Copyright 2002-2009
Direct Essays , LLC. All Rights Reserved. DMCA Webmasters make $$$$