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I. The People’s Republic of China, and Other Chinese Countries

I. The People’s Republic of China, and Other Chinese Countries II. Japan: From Defeat to Dominance to Doubt III. Korea: A Nation Divided IV. Southeast Asia V. The Subcontinent. I. The People’s Republic of China & Other Chinese Countries

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I. The People’s Republic of China, and Other Chinese Countries

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  1. I. The People’s Republic of China, and Other Chinese Countries II. Japan: From Defeat to Dominance to Doubt III. Korea: A Nation Divided IV. Southeast Asia V. The Subcontinent Brummett, et al, Civilization, Past & Present

  2. I. The People’s Republic of China & Other Chinese Countries • A. The Communist Victory Guomindang (Nationalist) government • Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kaishek) • Communists • Mao Zedong • 1949: defeat of Nationalists • October 1, 1949: • People’s Republic of China • B. Mao’s Government • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) • Central Committee • Politburo • Collectivization • “Hundred Flowers” • against corruption • Great Leap Forward, 1958 • rural development • leads to malnutrition, death • failure leads to new leadership • Liu Shaoqi • Zhou Enlai

  3. I. The People’s Republic of China & Other Chinese Countries C. The Cultural Revolution and International Recognition • Red Guards • against old ideas, art • Liu Shaoqi imprisoned • Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) • D. Deng Xiaoping’s Pragmatic Reforms • 1976, death of Mao and Zhou • Gang of Four • Jiang Qing, Mao’s widow • trial • Deng Xiaoping • Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang • Four Modernizations • May 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square • Li Peng, Prime Minister • crackdown • Zhao Ziyang out • Jiang Zemin • E. China in the 1990s and Beyond • Hu Zintao, 2002 • Hong Kong • 1984, Great Britain's lease ends • Taiwan • Guomindang since 1949 • 2000, Independent party in Singapore • People’s Action Party

  4. II. Japan: From Defeat to Dominance to Doubt • A. Postwar Japan • Occupation • Tojo Hideki • executed • Civil rights for women • vote 1946 • B. Political and Social Change Liberal Democratic Party, 1995 • Junichiro Koisumi • C. Economic Dominance and Doubt Japan, 2004

  5.       B.   North Korea Kim family, since 1948 General Kim Il Sung (1948-94) Kim Chong-Il, since 1994      C.   South Korea Park Chung, 1961-79 • Chun Doo Hwan • III.  KOREA: A NATION DIVIDEDA. The Politics of Decolonization, Occupation, and Division      Invaded by Japan, 1910-45 Yô Un-hyông Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence (CPKI) Korean People’s Republic U.S., Soviets: divide Korea at 38th parallel • Syngman Rhee, president, August 1948 • Kim Il Sung, Premier of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) • Start of War: June 25, 1950 Armistice signed, July 1953     B.   North Korea Kim family, since 1948 General Kim Il Sung (1948-94) Kim Chong-Il since 1994 Korea, 2004

  6. IV.  SOUTHEAST ASIA • A. Indonesia Independence Netherlands, 1949, 87% Muslim, Achmed Sukarno • T.N.J. Suharto B. Malaysia  Complex racial mix:  Malays, Muslims, Buddhist Chinese, Hindu Indians C. Indochina: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar Vietnam Laos Cambodia (Kampuchea) Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, 1975-79 Norodam Sihanouk      D. Philippines Ferdinand Marcos  Southeast Asia, 2004

  7. V.  THE SUBCONTINENT A. Partition Muhammad Ali Jinnah East and West      B.   India: The Largest Democracy Jawaharlal Nehru • Nasser, Non-aligned Nations Movement Indira Gandhi Tamils in Sri Lanka Sikhs in Punjab assassinate Gandhi, 1984 Rajiv Gandhi, 1984-89 assassinated, 1991 Prime Minister P.V. Narasimhia Rao Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), Hindu nationalist party The Subcontinent, 2004

  8. V.  THE SUBCONTINENT C. Pakistan East Pakistan > Bangladesh, 1972 Zulkifar Ali Bhutto Benazir Bhutto  D. The Pakistan-Afghanistan Connection • 1979, Soviet Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda 1988, civil war in Afghanistan Taliban, late 1990s allied with Osama bin Laden World Trade Center, Pentagon attacked 2001, Indian parliament threatened The Subcontinent, 2004

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