https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-05-19 15:31:23 UTC 2025-10-05 02:16:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836198 On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

]]> 2017-05-19 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836198 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836642 2017-05-19 15:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836642 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836756 2017-05-19 15:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172836756 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172837580 The Communist Party of China was formed in 1921. It was under Mao Zedong's control in 1927. Eventually, Mao led a revolution, and the communist party obtained control in 1947. They followed the example of the soviet model of development through heavy industry with surpluses extracted from peasants.]]> 2017-05-19 15:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172837580 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172837979 China's government may be communist, but its people embrace capitalism. While China's government may be officially communist, the Chinese people express widespread support for capitalism. Roughly three-quarters of the Chinese (76%) agree that most people are better off in a free market economy.]]> 2017-05-19 15:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172837979 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172839166 2017-05-19 15:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/172839166 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173169707 2017-05-22 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173169707 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173171665 The Communist Party’s rise to power shaped China’s history for most of the past century, but despite holding the reins for more than 67 years the world’s largest political party has yet to solve its succession issues. While it may have moved on from its violent legacy of cruel and bloody purges under Mao Zedong’s dictatorship in the early decades of the People’s Republic, when the derailing of power transitions sometimes plunged it into chaos, leadership succession remains an extremely opaque and contentious process to this day.]]> 2017-05-22 15:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173171665 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173173198 2017-05-22 15:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173173198 travis_haynes https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173173278 Large sign featuring a propaganda slogan in 1972: "Long Live the Great, Glorious, and Correct Communist Party!"]]> 2017-05-22 15:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_haynes/1p7hzvazbfzj/wish/173173278