Modern+China+Review

The situation in China at the time of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty: Sun Yat Sen Three Peoples' Principles warlords - governed provinces, were very destructive and were hated by the people. their history: their vision for China Chiang Kai Shek who supported the Nationalists and why their history their vision for China Mao Ze Dong who supported them and why Northern Expedition Shanghai Massacre Long March Yenan WWII in China Rape of Nanjing Chiang Kai Shek’s policies for fighting the Japanese The CCP’s policies for fighting the Japanese how the Japanese were defeated in China October 1949: KMT retreat to Taiwan People's Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan) relationship between Taiwan and P.R.C. Taiwan today problems of the PRC in 1949: the role of the Communist Party (CCP) in the government and societ the work unit (danwei) and its function how Marx's theories didn’t fit China result: the struggle between the two lines: land reform (1949-50) One Hundred Flowers Movement (1956) Anti-Rightist Movement (1957) goal methods: agricultural communes backyard steel movement results who started it and why Red Guard who they were smashing the Four Olds education during the Cultural Revolution the cult of Mao effects of the Cultural Revolution on China: Gang of Four
 * The Republic of China **
 * The Nationalist Party/Guo Min Dang/ Kuo Min Tang/ KMT:**
 * The Chinese Communist Party:CCP:**
 * The Civil War period and WWII (1925-1949): Some key events**
 * The People’s Republic of China **
 * The Party State**
 * Major CCP Movements and Policies: 1949-Today **
 * Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)**
 * Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)**
 * Four Modernizations (1978-present) (right)**

Deng Xiao Ping goal of the Four Modernizations view of capitalism agriculture: responsibility system foreign capital: Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s) economic results of the Four Modernizations positive aspects: “China A” concerns: “China B” Political liberalization in China: 1979: The Fifth Modernization: Democracy 1989 Democracy Movement who protested what they wanted Tian An Men 6/4/89 the effects of the 1989 democracy movement political freedom in China today Chinese nationalism today: One Child Policy and its effect on China: Assessing Mao. . . How does modern China reflect or reject key themes we have studied in China’s past? Overall has the CCP done better or worse as a government than governments in China’s past? How do most Chinese people today view their nation and government? How does that compare to how it is seen from the outside, particularly in the USA?
 * Some other things to think about:**