modern history of china
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MODERN HISTORY of CHINA. Lesson #6 World History. CHAIRMAN MAO. Mao Zedong - Leader Tried to “fix” China Feed the masses Modernize the nation Communist Nation Had a Cult-like following. - Everyone equal. CULTURAL REVOLUTION. 1966 – 1976 Forced re-education - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MODERN HISTORY of CHINA
Lesson #6World History
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• Mao Zedong - Leader• Tried to “fix” China
– Feed the masses– Modernize the nation
• Communist Nation
• Had a Cult-like following
CHAIRMAN MAO
- Everyone equal
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• 1966 – 1976• Forced re-education• (teenagers)
(Quotations from Chairman Mao)• Lives were disrupted• China stagnated• Mao Died 1976
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Red GuardsLittle Red Book
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MODERN HISTORY of CHINA – Post Mao
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Deng Xiaoping • 1981-1997• Focus: modernization• Goal: Responsibility System
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Tiananmen Square Massacre
• Students protesting for more free speech• Thousands massacred click
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Population Explosion• Largest population in the world• 1.5 Billion people• One-Child/family rule
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Modern China• Improved Relations with the West• Modern Military
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CHINA - MILITARY
• Second largest military in world• Over 1 million soldiers• Strength was is numbers• Now, strength is in (stolen) technology
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Other Asian nationsTAIWANTIBET
NORTH KOREASOUTH KOREA
CHINESE MILITARYJAPANESE ECONOMY
Lesson #8Academic World History
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TAIWAN
• Huge Middle Class• Started out as new home of losers of Civil
War• 1% poverty (we have 12%)
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TAIWAN
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KOREA• Split into North
and South, 1949• North invaded South 1950
stopped by UN (USA) in Korean War• South is wealthy -North is poverty
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NORTH KOREA
• Invaded 1950 after split• UN Security Council• 37th Parallel• Poor economy• Strong military• Kim Jun Il
(son of Kim Il Sun)
KIM JUN IL
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TIBET
• Taken over by China in 1949 (end of Civil War)
• Dalai Lama now lives in exile• Mostly Buddhists
14th Dalai Lama
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JAPANESE ECONOMY
• Japan was destroyed – WWII• “Economic Miracle”• Wealthy from ingenuity