The Role of China and the

USA as World Leaders

Unit Questions

1. How did China begin to emerge as a world power?

2. What is the Chinese economy like?3. What are the people of China like?4. What are some of the complexities in the

relationship between China and the USA?

Daily Goals

• Content Goal: – Compare USA and China– Understand similarities and differences– Understand relationship between them

• Literacy Goal: – Understand the concepts: Gross Domestic Product

(GDP), GDP per Capita, and GDP Growth Rate• Social Goal:– Work together as a class and with Study Buddies to

discuss and interpret data.

Quick Fire

Brief History of USA-China Relations

• _________________________– 1,000s of Chinese immigrate to

California to mine gold. – Most end up in the clothes-

washing business because of intense discrimination.

• _________________________– 10,000s of Chinese immigrate to

the American West to work to build railroads.

– Many were treated like slaves.

Brief History of USA-China Relations

__________________________

• Chinese continue to immigrate in the 10,000s.

• Many people on the west coast feel their jobs threatened by cheap Chinese labor.

• The USA bans immigration from China.

• This is the first immigration restriction in USA history.

Brief History of USA-China Relations

_________________________• The Chinese Empire is weak.• European nations attempt to

carve up China into “Spheres of Influence.”

• USA declares an _______________________– All nations should have equal

trade access• In all Chinese p____________• To all Chinese _____________

– US threatens to use it’s new navy of gunboats to enforce

Brief History of USA-China RelationsUSA backs pro-capitalists in __________________________

• After WWII the Japanese were driven from China.

• Since there was no longer an emperor, a civil war began between Communist and Capitalist forces.

• The USA actively backed and supplied the capitalist forces.

• The Communist forces lead by ________________won the civil war.

• The capitalist forces lead by _____________________escaped to the island of Taiwan and set up a rival Chinese government.

• The USA allied with Taiwan and supported it economically and militarily.

Brief History of USA-China Relations

__________________________• The US leads UN troops into the

Korean Peninsula to stop the spread of Communism.

• China invades Korean Peninsula when UN troops push the North Korean Army near the Chinese border.

• USA is forced to negotiate a truce with North Korea and China.

• North Korea stays ____________ and allies with China.

• South Korea stays ____________ and allies with the USA. USA supports South Korea economically and militarily.

Brief History of USA-China Relations

________________________• USA begins getting involved in

Vietnam to stop the expansion of Communism into Southeast Asia.

• China actively supplies North Vietnamese Forces.

• USA fights a limited war in Vietnam to avoid a larger war with China.

• China becomes a nuclear power in 1964.

Brief History of USA-China Relations

___________________________• Communist China and Soviet

Union end alliance and fight a border war.

• President Nixon declares _________________, or an “easing of tensions” with China.

• USA recognizes Communist Chinese government as the legitimate Chinese government.

• ________________admitted to the UN and given seat on the Security Council.

• __________ becomes “observer.”• USA begins to official trade with

China.

Brief History of USA-Chinese Relations_______________Incident 1989• During Détente, Chinese students

begin studying in U.S. universities.• These students become professors

in China, bringing pro-democratic and pro-capitalist ideas with them.

• In 1989, millions of university students across China engage in pro-democratic protests.

• China declares martial law and stamps out the protest. The most famous episode was the ____________________Incident – Tanks cleared out the central square

in the capital of Beijing.– Thousands of unarmed protestors are

killed; thousands of protest organizers “disappear.”

Brief History of USA-China Relations

___________________________to China in 1997• Hong Kong was one of

the_______________________– Asian countries that had adopted

pro-Western, capitalist economies.– Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea,

and Taiwan

• Hong Kong re-invigorates Chinese economy.

• Hong Kong connects Chinese economy to the world.

• 80% of Chinese exports still leave through Hong Kong harbor (this is changing).

Brief History of USA-China Relations

________________________• China puts on its best face as

it shows itself to the world.• After decades of isolation,

the message is clear:– China is back– China is ready to take its place

as a world leader– China is open for business

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOijH0xinTE

Brief History of USA-China Relations

China does it Gangnam Style• As China becomes more

connected to the global economy, it is discovering the USA (just like we are discovering it).

• _____________________: Describes the adoption of Western tastes by the Chinese.– McDonalds– Starbucks– Hollywood