MODERN HISTORY of CHINA

MODERN HISTORY of CHINA

Lesson #6World History

• Mao Zedong - Leader• Tried to “fix” China

– Feed the masses– Modernize the nation

• Communist Nation

• Had a Cult-like following

CHAIRMAN MAO

- Everyone equal

• 1966 – 1976• Forced re-education• (teenagers)

(Quotations from Chairman Mao)• Lives were disrupted• China stagnated• Mao Died 1976

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Red GuardsLittle Red Book

MODERN HISTORY of CHINA – Post Mao

Deng Xiaoping • 1981-1997• Focus: modernization• Goal: Responsibility System

Tiananmen Square Massacre

• Students protesting for more free speech• Thousands massacred click

Population Explosion• Largest population in the world• 1.5 Billion people• One-Child/family rule

Modern China• Improved Relations with the West• Modern Military

CHINA - MILITARY

• Second largest military in world• Over 1 million soldiers• Strength was is numbers• Now, strength is in (stolen) technology

Other Asian nationsTAIWANTIBET

NORTH KOREASOUTH KOREA

CHINESE MILITARYJAPANESE ECONOMY

Lesson #8Academic World History

TAIWAN

• Huge Middle Class• Started out as new home of losers of Civil

War• 1% poverty (we have 12%)

TAIWAN

KOREA• Split into North

and South, 1949• North invaded South 1950

stopped by UN (USA) in Korean War• South is wealthy -North is poverty

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

TIBET

• Taken over by China in 1949 (end of Civil War)

• Dalai Lama now lives in exile• Mostly Buddhists

14th Dalai Lama

JAPANESE ECONOMY

• Japan was destroyed – WWII• “Economic Miracle”• Wealthy from ingenuity