China

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Chinas Mandate of Heaven
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European Imperialism in China

• Define IMPERIALISM
• Describe how this political cartoon shows
  imperialism

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The Opium War (1839)

• Qing Dynasty in decline
• British force open trade w/ China
• OPIUM only product Britain had that China wanted
• used as currency
• widespread addiction
• govt attempts to stop
• blew up a British ship loaded w/ opium
• British quickly defeat China

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Treaty of Nanjing (August 1842)

• Unequal treaties
• Emperor paid for destroyed opium
• Spheres of Influence
• US Open Door Policy
• HONG KONG
• until 1997

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Hong Kong

• 1842 British received in the Treaty of Nanjing
• Returned Hong Kong back in 1997 according to the
  treaty
• one country, two systems

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Unrest Revolution

• Taiping Rebellion
• 1851-1865
• 40-60 million killed
• Ci Xi (Empress Dowager)
• power behind the throne
• Boxer Rebellion
• fist of righteous harmony
• 1899-1901
• Chinese vs. Europeans Japan
• Anti-western / Anti-imperialism movement
• Led to the rise of COMMUNISM in China

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CHINAS COMMUNIST-CAPITALIST SPLIT
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The Nationalist Party

• Kuomingdang (KMT)
• Founder Dr. Sun Yatsen
• Successor Chang Kai-Shek
• Support from Bourgeoise
• the rich
• land owners
• higher educated
• Goals 3 Principles o/t Ppl
• Democracy
• Capitalism
• Nationalism
• Livelihood
• Fled to TAIWAN

Dr. Sun Yatsen
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
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World War II in China

• Communists Nationalists joined forces against
  __________________
• After WW2, Chinese civil war restarts
• Communist won due to support f/t _____________
• Nationalists fled to ______________________

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Chinese Communist Party (CCP)1949

• Peoples Republic of China
• 1st Leader Mao Zedong
• 1949-1976
• Support from Proletariat
• peasants / poor
• The LONG MARCH
• Goals Totalitarianism
• economic/social equality
• classless system
• religion is outlawed
• no private property
• Successor Deng Xiaoping

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KARL MARX

• Wrote
• The Communist Manifesto
• Predicted
• The Proletariat would rise up against the ruling
  class (bourgeoise)
• Class Struggle

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MAO ZEDONG

• Born under FEUDALISM
• Maos New Order
• Totalitarianism
• CCP has total control
• Support from peasants thru propaganda
• Immediate influences
• order is restored
• ended foreign influence
• become self-sufficient

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The Great Leap Forward (1958-1962)

• Maos call for a superhuman effort to modernize
  in one great leap forward
• Collective Farms govt forced ppl to pool all
  their resources together
• Communes 20,000 people to a commune
• hope for huge increase in agricultural output
• HUGE FAILURE
• upwards of 40 million starved to death
• 1957 Hundred Flowers Campaign "Let a hundred
  flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought
  contend".

Propaganda poster
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Cultural Revolution (1966)

• To renew the communist revolutionary spirit
• due to failure o/t Great Leap Forward
• root out capitalist roaders
• Red Guards
• students young factory workers
• attacked non-Mao supporters
• Effects schools closed
• factories slowed production
• Red Guards were sent to faraway rural areas
• Ppl lost faith in Mao

Maos Little _________________ Saying of
Chairman Mao
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Four Modernizations

• 1972 Nixon visits China
• 1976 Mao dies
• 1978 Deng Xiaoping
• Four Modernizations
• Modernizing agriculture
• Expanding industry
• Developing science tech
• Upgrading the military
• responsibility system
• Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
• Made in China

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Going to Space
Shanghai
Modern Farming
Traditional Farming
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The Forbidden City
Beijing
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Tiananmen Square Massacre June 1989

• What type of protest?
• What caused?
• Why did the Chinese govt kill _at_ 5000 people?
• What is the significance of the Tank Man?