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MODERN HISTORY of CHINA. Lesson #6 World History. CHAIRMAN MAO. Mao Zedong - Leader Tried to “fix” China Feed the masses Modernize the nation Communist Nation Had a Cult-like following. - Everyone equal. CULTURAL REVOLUTION. 1966 – 1976 Forced re-education
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MODERN HISTORY of CHINA Lesson #6 World History
CHAIRMAN MAO • Mao Zedong - Leader • Tried to “fix” China • Feed the masses • Modernize the nation • Communist Nation • Had a Cult-like following • - Everyone equal
CULTURAL REVOLUTION • 1966 – 1976 • Forced re-education • (teenagers) (Quotations from Chairman Mao) • Lives were disrupted • China stagnated • Mao Died 1976 • Red Guards • Little Red Book
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 nations TAIWAN TIBET NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINESE MILITARY JAPANESE ECONOMY Lesson #8 Academic World History
TAIWAN • Huge Middle Class • Started out as new home of losers of Civil War • 1% poverty (we have 12%)
KOREA Split into North and South, 1949 North invaded South 1950 stopped by UN (USA) in Korean War South is wealthy -North is poverty
KIM JUN IL NORTH KOREA • Invaded 1950 after split • UN Security Council • 37th Parallel • Poor economy • Strong military • Kim Jun Il (son of Kim Il Sun)
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