3. My expectation was to meet new
people, observe living conditions
and to live in their moment –
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4. As a Study Abroad student of Concordia University and
Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (JUFE) , we
needed to:
•Listen
•Participate in lectures
•Journal
•Meet with businesses - to get a better
understanding economic goals
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5. Understand the leadership of china was my focus..
There is much to understand regarding the history
of China and the leadership styles that
encompassed the revolution and where they are
today...
It was hard – very hard with very little or no
background; it’s hard to understand a country that
has been changing its leadership for the last 5,000
years!
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7. Leadership styles differ from
country to country, however
there are traits that should be
obvious in an effective leader,
but with that said, there no
specific characteristics that
make a leader successful,
however different
characteristics matter in
different situations.
It’s not that you can't learn to be
an effective leader, but you
need to comprehend the
assortment of approaches to
leadership, so that you can use
the accurate approach for your
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8. Even the First Emperor, Qin Shi
Huang , who ruled from 246 BCE to
210 BCE managed his leadership
styles, although a bit more raw, he
managed to create magnificent and
enormous construction projects. He
also caused both incredible cultural
and intellectual growth, but had
much destruction within China.
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9. Now, we move up 5,000 years...
Cultural Revolution has been difficult
to understand for many.
Between 1966 and 1976, the young
people of China rose up in an effort to
purge the nation of the "Four Olds":
old customs, old culture, old habits and
old ideas!
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10. Three nineteenth and twentieth
century Chinese leaders of this time
that really stand out are the:
Chairpersons of the ChineseChairpersons of the Chinese
People's Political ConsultativePeople's Political Consultative
ConferenceConference
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11. Mao Zedong - 毛泽东 / 毛澤東
Alternative title: Mao Tse-tung
The world is ours, the nation is ours, society is ours. If we do not
speak, who will speak? If we do not act, who will act?”
Although his great ideas turned deadly
and horrific, he was still affirmed as a
great leader and ideologist of the Chinese
Communist revolution.
Mao thus ultimately adopted four goals for the Cultural
Revolution: to replace his designated successors with
leaders more faithful to his current thinking; to rectify the
Chinese Communist Party; to provide China’s youths with a
revolutionary experience; and to achieve some specific policy
changes so as to make the educational, health care, and
cultural systems less elitist.
Chinese Communist Revolutionary and Founding father of the
People's Republic of China
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12. Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai, the second of interesting
leaders, supported Mao Zedong in the
latter's Cultural Revolution attack on
the ingrained Party bureaucracy, and
later played a critical role in
rebuilding political institutions and
mediating numerous political
arguments.
Zhou welcomed President Nixon to
China in February 1972, and signed the
historic Shanghai Communiqué for
the Peoples Republic of China.
周恩来（周恩來）
First Premier of the People's Republic of China
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Alternative title: Chou En-lai
13. Deng Xiaoping 邓小平（鄧小平）
Deng Xiaoping's, goal in 1976 was to set
China back on the course of economic
development. Deng encouraged farmers
to engage in private entrepreneurship and
sideline businesses in order to
supplement their incomes.
Deng also wanted to set up an
arrangement whereby leadership
succession would take place according to
legal guidelines rather than personality
struggles.
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Alternative title: Teng Hsiao-p’ing
14. So what leadership styles did these leaders present and how does than pertain to this
assignment and what does that mean for the leadership styles in China?
Transformational, ideological, political, and organizational leadership are a few
leadership styles that may have played a major factor in the Great Proletarian Cultural
Revolution making a turning point in China history.
A transformational leader:
•show integrity
•develop a strong and inspirational vision of the future
•inspire people to achieve this vision
•manage its delivery
•build ever stronger and more successful teams
An ideological leader:
•vision is based or founded on the past rather than the future placing
•emphasis on a shared collective past
•values and standards necessary for a just society
The organizational leader:
• carefully organize
•raise the level of the political leadership
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15. Today's, current leadership and leaders in China are facing yet another
unique challenge. With the ever growing population and the need for a
positive gross domestic product, the leaders will need to change to
adapt not only of their own people by the global market if they want to
successfully compete and succeed in the future.
But Chinese traditions are strong and many individuals will first
respect their culture traditions in a concept they call ‘guan xi’.
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17. In conclusion, the Cultural Revolution
brought unique leadership to the
country of China.
It brought transformation, goal
orientated and honor of political
party to a country that believed there
was no way out.
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18. I believe that without the Cultural Revolution of
China happening, I don’t think, our group would
have had the opportunity to visit China and JUFE
university in an open format.
I also believe China has many years before full
leadership styles, without condemnation, will be
instituted. They will need to full encompass a
sustainable economy, reconfigured cultural
traditions, and the importance of the human
condition.
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21. Some favorite photos of the Study
Abroad Experience to China 2016....
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