750 words paper
Changes in Political Atmosphere, Architecture and Infrastructure
Shanghai has experienced a lot of changes in the political atmosphere, standards of living, education, migration, architecture and infrastructure since the Maoist period. This is because people from different cultures all over the world have intruded (come to) shanghai with the aim of doing business in the area leading to permanent settlement and cultural interactions. The mixes of culture, knowledge, innovation and technology between the natives of Shanghai and the visitors have made the city become one of the best in the world. Gaining the interest of seeing the city move forward, all the efforts were directed in making their lives change and making the people enjoy their products. This paper evaluates the changes in political atmosphere, architecture and infrastructure in Shanghai.
Change in the political atmosphere
During the Maoist period, the people of shanghai had not given a serious attention to politics. Election was not important to them and only a few natives practiced this democratic right resulting to electing bad leaders. (This is a misunderstanding, I think. There were no elections during the Maoist period, but the people of Shanghai had to pay serious attention to politics whether they wanted to or not.) With time they realized that many of the leaders were only amercing wealth (amassing wealth) to themselves without considering developmental agendas in the area. (It’s not clear what “developmental agendas” means, but in the Maoist period it was not really possible to amass wealth.) In the Maoist period, the natives were subjected to communalism, but after the end of the era capitalism found its roots. The natives took time to adapt to the capitalism. However, the capitalism led to reforms and opening (It’s more that the Reform and Opening policy led to capitalist free market activity, not the other way around.)making them focus more on politics and electing good leaders who tabled developments agendas (Actually, it’s the reverse. People were able to pay less attention to politics than they had under Mao, but they still did not elect their leaders. And rather than being tabled, which means stopped, development was very rapid.) of the city. “A good example that shows that there was a lot of seriousness in it, is that all-night sessions of political indoctrination were often held in different organizations and when the red guards came to loot the house, the author’s daughter was at the film studio attending one of the meetings” (pg. 69 life and death in shanghai). The people of Shanghai developed more interest in the constitution where they wanted to know their rights and how they could protect themselves within the confines of the constitution. The author says that he (the author is a woman) placed the book on the shelf when there was too much kicking on the gate and now the copy of the constitution of the People’s Republic had got his eye. In the Maoist period, there was no constitution (There was a constitution-- there still is-- but it was not honored during the Maoist period.) and there was no rule governing how people could do some of the things. “When the owner of the house was told by the red guards that they needed to take a revolutionary action, she held up the constitution and said that the action they wanted to take was against it” (Life and Death in Shanghai, pg. 71). (Book titles should always be in italics, with capital letters on major words—not “in,” “and,” the,” etc.) This meant that there had been a lot of changes in politics and the people followed the rules of the country.
Even though there had been a lot of changes in politics, most people in the capitalism era don’t have respect to the changes and they still behave like in the Maoist era. “One of the red guards took the constitution and threw it on the floor without giving it the respect it accords” (pg. 77 life and death in shanghai). (I think you are confused about when this book was written. It was written during the Cultural Revolution, that is, during the Maoist era. Also, you quotations do not seem to be taken directly from the book. You have paraphrased it, which is OK if you cite it, but it’s better to quote directly.)
Change in architecture and infrastructure
The Maoist period was characterized by bad infrastructure and bad security systems which could not protect its people against any insecurity abnormality properly. After the reforms and opening, there was a revolution in the infrastructure including good tarmacked roads which people could to reach their destination. There were even security measures like alarms and doorbells in people residentials (residences). that have been brought up that gives an alert. “This had been placed at the gate of the author and as the red guards came, he was doubting on the house in which they were targeting. After the Red Guards had knocked, the bell gave an alert and he was able to direct others on where they could gain their safety”. “He knew that if he could face them alone, he could know how to treat them in order not to make them angry” (pg. 89 life and death in shanghai). The modern gates cannot be opened by any person but by the owner alone. This is because the current technology is working to come up with products that are much safer than the ones that were there before.
CONCLUSION
Shanghai has seen a revolution in politics, architecture and infrastructure. With renown leaders who have made the area become an icon in development and leadership its people are continuing to prosper both in employment and entrepreneurship. The technology, infrastructure and architecture prowess has seen iconic world standard buildings, roads and security systems being put in place. The Maoist period had retarded the growth of Shanghai through communalism where its citizens did not have a right to fight for their human rights but live by the subjection and control of the likes of red guards as shown in the life and death in shanghai book.