MODERN HISTORY of CHINA Lesson #6 World History
Feb 22, 2016
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