A Forbidding, Foreboding Land

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A Forbidding, Foreboding Land
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The Long, the Short, and the Skinny of It All

• China had civilized, organized CITIES 4,000 years
  ago. 4,000 years. Do you know what people on
  the North American continent were doing 4,000
  years ago?
• Despite epic trade routes that blossomed later
  on, China was for a long time a remote place, not
  so much for local invaders, but definitely for
  Europeans

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The Middle Kingdom

• These circumstances were a major factor in the
  development of the Chinese identity, including
  the self-proclaimed title Middle Kingdom, which
  has come to be symbolic of many things, including
  (BNLTdo you know that one, O Kings and Queens of
  AIM?) geographic isolation, superiority, balance
  and harmony, heavenly location

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Dynasty!

• And now, for a comically cursory, and
  quixotically quick run-through of some epic
  Chinese dynasties.
• Please remind me to tell you the incredible
  connection between Dynastys Ted Knight and
  modern Chinese history

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Xia

• Xia The first Chinese dynasty4,000 years
  ago. Credits?
• Yu, an engineer/mathematician came up with
  incredible flood control techniques that tamed
  the mighty Yangtze river, allowing its
  mineral-rich silts to spread like chive and onion
  cream cheese over the toasted everything bagel
  that is Southern China

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Shang Late 18th century Early 12th B.C.
Bronze!
Jade!
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Oh yeah, and .

• A written language.

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Zhou! Mid 11th century Mid 3rd century B.C.

• Three Huge Layers of Bedrock For Chinese History
• Confucianism
• Filial piety
• Right thinking
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Mandate of Heaven
• What are these things?

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And now a quick game!!

• This game is called Confucius or Not Confucius.
  You will see a quote.is it the words of
  Confucius or Not Confucius, which is a name for
  everyone else.

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• To put the world right in order, we must first
  put the nation in order to put the nation in
  order, we must first put the family in order to
  put the family in order, we must first cultivate
  our personal life we must first set our hearts
  right

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• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig
  two graves

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• Respect yourself and others will respect you

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• When anger rises, think of the consequences

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• Be kind, rewind

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• Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart

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• The superior man is modest in his speech, but
  exceeds in his actions

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• In times of trouble, cower in fear

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• Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but
  in rising every time we fall

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• 5 5 dolla5 dollah foot loo-ooong
• this one was Ms. Donohues idea

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• Meow mix, meow mix, meow meow meow mix, I want
  meow mix now

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• You cant always get what you want. But if you
  try sometimes, you get what you need

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Qin Chin Dynasty

• Where do we get the word China?
• Short but sweet, 221 B.C. 206 B.C.
• First real emperor Shi Huangdi
• Massive bureaucracy and state public works
  projects, including the beginning of the Great
  Wall of China and the terracotta army

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Even Quicker Super Summary

• Han Dynasty Expansion of bureaucracy,
  introduction of civil service exams!
• Sui Dynasty Rise of Buddhism
• Tang and Song 618 1279 A.D. incredible
  inventions like movable type, the compass,
  gunpowder, and even playing cards!
• Yuan Kublai Khan! The Mongols, trade with
  Europe!
• Ming Dynasty 14th cent 17th-century Army,
  navy, naval exploration, reinvigoration of
  ancient state projects like the Great Wall and
  Grand Canal incredible growth of government,
  economy and society
• Qing/Manchu 17th century early 20th
  Imperial division

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Imperial Division and Influence

• Dates back to the Mongols, though they were
  different than modern imperialists
• GB Opium Wars 19th century
• Treaty of Nanjing Hong Kong and
  extraterritoriality spheres of influence

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U.S. China Relations

• Near the end of the Manchu dynasty, the U.S.
  adopted an open door policy towards China part
  protectorate protecting U.S. interests recall
  that U.S. had acquired Phillipines at the end of
  the S.A. War.now the coast of China was being
  carved like a Hanukkah turkey by Russia, Germany,
  GB, maybe even Andorra

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The Stirred Pudding of National Pride

• The Manchu (Qing) dynasty shook from the pressure
  of semi-revolutionary groups that resented the
  balkanization (great word, eh) of China.
• The Taipings (socialist Christians in the South)
  and the Boxers (revolutionary anti-imperialist
  fighters) demanded change from the aging dynasty,
  which found itself trapped between clarion calls
  for nationalist strength and Western pressure

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Sun Yat Sen and the Beginning of the Warlord Era

• The Manchu dynasty falls, after a revolt of
  military and government officials led by Sun Yat
  Sen and government falls into the hands of local
  warlords. To say the least, styles vary.

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Chiang Kai Shek vs. Mao
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Chiang Kai Sheks Nationalism

• Guomindang/Kuomintang/KMT
• Many western-educated intellectuals
• Strongest in South near coastwhy?
• Many Chinese unified under nationalist message by
  late 1920s
• Western media took interest

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WWII and other problems

• Cities improved under the Nationalists, but not
  the country, which is far removed and was still
  under the influence of warlords
• 1931 Seizure of Manchuria
• 1937 Rape of Nanking
• People lost faith in KMT West did not really get
  involved

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Maoism

• Revisionist Marxismhow?
• Led the Long March to the countryside of the
  North, evading the pursuit of the KMT
• Used guerrilla warfare strategy to blaze a trail
  back to power as the Nationalists crumble under
  economic woes and lack of direction

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CCP Power Expands

• Early on, Mao used ideology above all to gather
  support
• His aphorisms became famous as he built up a
  system based on party loyalty
• Quickly, the CCP encompassed existing party and
  regional politics, like a gigantic octopus
• To this day, the structure of Chinese politics is
  roughly the same leadership character and
  economic circumstances have changed

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Zhou Enlai The Behind the Scenes Man

• Maintained control of the vast CCP bureaucracy,
  from the top committees of the Politburo to the
  cadres

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The Way it Works

• Leadership within the Communist Party controls
  all major political appointments, including who
  will become the President and the Premier (head
  of State Council in the Executive Branch)
• Were the CCP a human body, the cadres would be
  the legs, arms, fingers, toes, toenails,
  fingernails, and cuticles
• Within the CCP, people who rise to powerful
  positions earn them through tenure and
  association. For example, a man like Deng
  Xiaopeng had already achieved a considerable
  reputation in the party and the army when he rose
  to power within it. Title meant nothing.

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The Era of Deng Xiaopeng

• Mao dies in

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Here is where you guys come in! (Crowd of
superseniors fails to go wild)

• What do we need to known about Jiang Zemin? What
  is a technocrat? What do we know about Hu Jintao?

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China Now

• Gather statistics from FACTBOOK. Consider the
  positions you would take if you were going to
  predict Chinas future. How might some of these
  stats be used? What do they indicate?