Unit 5: China 1. For centuries – 2. Eventually 3. China China became divided into three groups: - Sphere of influence – - 4. Nationalist Party – - Sun-Yat- Sen – - Warlords – 5. Chaing-Kai-Shek – 6. A split began in the Nationalist Party – 7. Chaing orders 8. 9. In 1934 – 10. The march covered 11. Of the 86,000 12. Mao Zedong (Mao-Tse-Tung) Communist control 1. Japanese – 2. Many previously 3. 1949 – - Taiwan – 4. Chaing established a government in Taiwan 5. October 1, 1949 – 6. Chaing’s government in Taiwan Great Leap Forward 1. Collective farms - 2. Great Leap Forward – - command system – - demand system – 3. Mao was criticized and urged to slow down. “Reform takes time.” The Cultural Revolution (1966) 1. Designed to - Red Guard – 2. The idea was to destroy the four “olds” 3. Opposition 4. 5. Legacy: 6. 1976 7. Deng Xiaping 4 Modernizations 1. Areas to improve 2. Contract responsibility system – 3. Production rates 4. Heavy industry – 5. Light industry or consumer goods – 6. “The fifth modernization” – 7. Tiananmen Square – 8. After a time - martial law – 9. June 3, 1989 – 10. Government troops 11. The USA 12. China cracked down on all forms of protest Economy 1. Today 2. China has 3. Politically 4. China is a major trade partner of the US and owns much US debt. Culture 1. Population – 2. Mao urged large families 3. This created many problems 4. Deng implemented 5. If the policy was not followed 6. City dwellers mostly 7. This policy 8. Chinese citizens need government permission to move - Ethnic groups 1. China has 2. The Han ethnic group 3. They speak 4. The written language 5. - ideogram – 6. To read a newspaper 7. To master the written language 8. Communication is easier Religion 1. Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism are common 2. Daoism – 3. Confucianism – 4. Buddhism - the goal is nirvana – 5. 6. 7. Taiwan 1. 2. Its citizens 3. 4. 5. China views Taiwan 6. The US views Taiwan Hong Kong 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. As part of the handover