Essays about: "Fifa Finnsdottir"

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  1. 1. Man must conquer earth: three stages of CCP policies resulting in environmental degradation in China and characteristics of contemporary environmental politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska

    Author : Fifa Finnsdottir; [2009]
    Keywords : development; Mao Zedong; environment; China; Great Leap Forward; miljöfrågor; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis follows aspects of environmental degradation stemming from the policies of the Chinese Communist Party over the latter half of the 20th century. These start with The Great Leap Forward in ’58 in which people were exhorted to convert as much land to agriculture as possible, construct dams and implement agricultural techniques that in the long-term proved unsustainable and destructive. READ MORE