Comp Gov - China Vocabulary Terms

Cadre

refers to the staff that are tasked with the management of state and/or party affairs

Central committee

the highest organ when the national congress is not in session and is tasked with carrying out congress resolutions, directing all party work, and representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) externally.

Central Military (CMC)

the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China, which heads the People's Liberation Army, the People's Armed Police, and the Militia of China.

Chinese communist party

the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China

Confucianism

an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality

Cultural Revolution

formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his death in 1976.

Democratic centralism

the organisational principle of communist states and of most communist parties to reach dictatorship of the proletariat. In practice, democratic centralism means that political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the political party.

Falun Gong

a spiritual exercise and meditation regime with similarities to t'ai chi ch'uan, practiced predominantly in China.

Great leap forward

a five-year plan of forced agricultural collectivization and rural industrialization that was instituted by the Chinese Communist Party in 1958

Hundred flowers compaign

period from 1956 to 1957 in the People's Republic of China during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged citizens to openly express their opinions of the Communist Party.

Kuomintang (KMT) / Nationalist party

is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949

Long march

resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and in the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader.

mass line

characterized by the CCP listening to the scattered ideas of the people, turning them into systemic ideas, and returning them to the people as a guide for action.

May fourth movement

a Chinese cultural and anti-imperialist political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919.

Nomenklatura

The CCP uses the nomenklatura method ("list of names" in Soviet terminology) to determine appointments.

People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party and the principal military force of the People's Republic of China

Politburo

Is the highest political body of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Red Guard

A mass, student-led, paramilitary social movement mobilized by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 until their abolishment in 1968, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted.

Special Economic zone (SEZ)

Act as liberal economic environments that promote innovation and advancement.

Tiananmen Square (event)

Were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations. Military units were brought in and unarmed protesters and onlookers were killed en masse.