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China after Mao. China (1976 - today). Pragmatists in power. 1976 Mao and Zhou Enlai die Pragmatists arrest Gang of Four G of 4 wants more Cultural Revolution Blamed for excesses of C.R. Deng Xiaoping new premier CCP “Black cat, white cat, who cares…” “Mao was right 70% of the time”
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China after Mao China (1976 - today)
Pragmatists in power • 1976 Mao and Zhou Enlai die • Pragmatists arrest Gang of Four • G of 4 wants more Cultural Revolution • Blamed for excesses of C.R. • Deng Xiaoping new premier CCP • “Black cat, white cat, who cares…” • “Mao was right 70% of the time” • Four modernizations • Agriculture • Industry • Science and tech • Defense • Build relations with West • Make consumer goods, not just heavy industry
Special Economic Zones • Deng allows foreign owned factories in S.E.Z.s • Promotes investment, technology, and managerial techniques • Just four zones in 1980. Then 14 in 1984. • China’s economy grows at a staggering rate.
Shenzhen • 1980 • 2010
Tiananmen Square protests • Economic freedom grows. People want political freedom too. • Cronyism and corruption in government • Tiananmen Square protests begin April 1989 • More civil liberties • Working conditions • career opportunities
Free markets, not free people • Protests crushed June 1989 • Hundreds killed. • Thousands wounded • Gov. hunts down leaders • West condemned crackdown • Banned arm sales to China • But other sanctions were weak
One Child Policy • Introduced in 1979 to control population growth • Violators face huge fines • Results: • 400m fewer Chinese in 2007- says gov. • 120 boys for every 100 girls • Girls aborted, neglected, abandoned • 76% approve of law in 2008
Hong Kong is China again • July 1997 GB handed control of Hong Kong back to China • China promises “one nation, two systems” for 50 years • "high degree of autonomy in all areas except defense and foreign affairs.“ • HK may maintain its capitalist system and freedoms of its people.
Tibet • Taken by PRC in 1950. • Rebellion crushed in 1958. • Dalia Lama in exile • Called “autonomous region” • Cultural Revolution misery • 6,000 monasteries destroyed • Up to 1,000,000 dead • Tension persists • 28 self-immolations 2008-2009
China today • Economically: Capitalist • Politically: Chinese Communist Party in control • Issues: • Intellectual property and theft • Aging population • Rural to urban migration • US debt
Resistance to Development • Government evicts residents to make room for development • Gov payouts often too small. Some residents refuse to leave. • Construction continues anyway.
Made in China • Bad • Lead painted toys 2007 • Chemicals in toothpaste • Chemicals in pet food • Chemicals in dry wall • Cars unsafe • Good • iPads, iPhones, etc • Anything customized • Anything traditional: Jade, silk, porcelain, tea
Pollution • Severe smog • Clean water is scarce • Millions lack clean water
China today • “Let China sleep, for when it wakes, it will shake the world.”-Napoleon • Xi Jinping