During the presentations answer the questions below and define the
following terms. If the topic was not discussed within the presentation give
your source for your answer.
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What is the source of legitimacy of the Chinese government? What
makes the system stable?
What agents of political socialization are important in reinforcing
proper conduct and values?
How have China's history and political culture affected the character
of the Chinese political system?
How did the economic opening of China lead to the suppression of the
Student Movement in Tiananmen Square? How have capitalist
reforms changed Maoist ideals?
Compare the elements of Chinese Communist membership with the
multi-party system of France and Great Britain.
Compare the political and economic changes taking place in China
with those taking place in Russia.
What social and economic problems do the Chinese face today?
Describe the characteristics of China that set it apart from other
countries you have studied
Trace the broad outlines of Twentieth Century reforms and
revolutions in China
Hypothesize causes for the drastic changes in policy directions since
1949 (especially those involving the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural
Revolution, and the Four Modernizations)
Describe the role played by factionalism in Chinese politics of the
past 15 years
Explain why some political scientists argue that there was more
political participation in China before the death of Mao Zedong than
after his death
Compare the approaches to agricultural problems and people by
China's governments to the approaches used by Soviet and Russian
governments
Describe the actions taken by China's government and Communist
Party in response to dissent since 1976 (the death of Mao Zedong) and
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evaluate effectiveness of those responses in relation to political
stability, economic performance, and democratization
Compare and contrast the structure of China's political system with
that of the Soviet Union
Evaluate results of present-day political and economic policies of the
party elite as implemented by the state
Hypothesize about the relationship of economic reforms and political
reforms in China
Evaluate the degree to which global pressures will influence the future
of economic and political reform in China
Vocabulary
Four Cardinal Principles
Four Modernizations
Four Mosts
Gang of Four
Great Leap Forward
Guanxi
household responsibility
Hundred Flowers Movement
Iron Rice Bowl
Jiang Qing
KMT
Three Represents
Liu Shaoqi
Long March
Mandarin
Mao Zedong
Zhu Rongzhi
Cadre
campaigns
capitalist roader
CCP
civil society
Confucianism
Counterrevolutionary
Maoism
mass line
May 7 Directive
May Fourth Movement
PLA
Red Guards
Red vs Expert
Sino-Soviet split
Socialist Education Movement
Special Economic Zones
Standing Committee
Sun Yat-sen
Taiwan
Taoism
Tiananmen Square
Zhou Enlai
Li Peng
Danwei
Democracy Wall
democracy movement
Deng Xiaoping
Eight Bigs
extraterritoriality
Cult of Personality
Cultural Revolution
factionalism
Jiang Zemin