Prove China

Qing Dynasty

-last dynasty

-severely restricted trade with the west

Trades sent to the west

silk, tea, porcelain

1700's triangle trade

between India, Chinese, and UK

Opium wars

Qing emperor tried to stop the opium trade.

-British easily defeat them

Treaty of Nanjing

-Emperor had to pay for destroyed opium

-Britain gained Hong Kong

-foreigners were not subject to Chinese laws

-culture clash ensued

Taiping rebellion

rebellion against foreign influence

Sino-Japanese war

fight over influence of Korea

-japan beats china using western tech

Boxer Rebellion

-Chinese rebels(Boxers) attacked and killed foreigners.

-International army stopped it

-forced to allow troops and warships on Chinese soil

1911 Revolution

Sun-Yatsen: nationalist party leader that rose to power

- established china as a republic

-3 principles: democracy, nationalism, & livelihood

Chaing Kai-Shek

-Corrupt

-gave little help to peasants

-concerned with the Chinese communist party

The Long March

Under Mao Zedong, communists traveled almost 6000 miles going N and W. Many were killed

Result: communism survived in china

WW2

Communists and nationalists put aside their differences to fight a common enemy

Great lead forward

movement to use cheep labor to industrialize

-great leap back:struck by famine for years

Cultural revolution

Maos 1966 campaign to eliminate political rivals

-held massive rallies to support Mao

-killed those who didn't support

Deng Xiaoping

-became leader after Maos death

-four modernizations

-One child policy

Tiananmen Square

army opened fire on protesters and killed them for striking.

China

-2nd biggest economy

- two semi-autonomous regions: Tibet and Taiwan

-people have few civil, religious, and political rights

3/4 of world's executions; censorship is still rampant- Great Fire Wall of China (System of censorship)

China's reliance on coal causes major air pollution

Recalls and questions about the safety of China's products

Xi Jinping became president in 2013; he relaxed China's one child policy

Little red book

Mao Zedong list of quotes given to kids

Nixon

First president to visit China

four modernizations

industry, agriculture, science, and tech