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China Study Guide
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9th Grade
05/03/2011

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Shi Huangdi
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First emperor, believed in Legalist principles, great wall
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Sun Yatzen
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"Three Principals of the People"- nationalism, democracy, "livelihood.
powerful general yuan shikai forced sun out of office
1911 - 1912
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Mao Zedong
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Little Red Book, Great Leap Forward, massive drives to build a "New China", ended foreign influence
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Deng Xiaoping
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turned away from Maos ideas, eased strict economic rules,welcomed foreign investment, responsibility system
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Boxer Rebellion
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rebellion against anyone foreign in China, international army came in to protect foreigners.int'l army crushed boxer and result was chinas was forced to aloow foreign troops on chinese soil and foreign warships in chinese waters
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Taiping Rebellion
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peasent uprising, lasted 14 years, 20 million people killed, Qing crushed peasents, weakened dynasty
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Revolution of 1911
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Qing dynasty collasped, 1911 China became republic, no well organized government, country was a mess 1911 - 1928, civil war raged, many claimed riht to rule china
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Han Feizi
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famous legalist writer, rejected confucian ideas
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Long March
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Mao won support of peasents, Maos army walked more than 6,000 miles,90,000 people went 7,00 survived, became symbol of bitter hardships communists endure before taking power 1949
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao divided China into communes,expected to increase food output, peasents resisted system,destroyed crops, food production fell, no one worked hard, natural disasters, famine
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Maos Philosphy
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replace old confucian traditions, combined ideas of Marx and Mao, encouraged national unity, stories were made to encourage physical labor
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China and the Soviet Union
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during 1950s SU was chief ally of China, trading, weapons during civil war, SU helped with loans and technical advice. became rivals for power, China expelled soviet advisers, 2001 china and russia siged treaty of frienship
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China and Taiwan
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economic success has increased the desire of many people on Taiwan to remain free of chinese control (recently added goal to constitution) Beijing says there is only "one china" ad it includes taiwan
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China and Hong Kong
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Under british rule hong kong had grown into center of finance, trade, manufacrturing, and shipping, booming free enterprise economy, china promised not to change economy for at least 50 years.
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Responsibility system
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Part of Deng Xiaopengs modernazation, Argriculture, Science and Technology, Industry, and Defense. Got rid of Communes, had choice to grow what they wanted and give little to government and have the rest to eat or sell.
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