deng and whatnot

deng xiaoping

shifts china from maoist economics to market oriented reforms

foreign investment and private farming

four modernizations

agriculture

industry

science and tech

military

goal of four modernizations

economic growth and modernization (shocker)

economic shifts under degn

becomes more capitlist, but ccp keeps strict control

student protests (1979-1989)

students demand democracy, freee speech, and political reform

tiananmen square

pro democracy protests

ccp declares martial law and sends troops+tanks

tiananmen square massacre 1989

hundreds killed

ccp oppresion

issues with modern chian

censorship of media

limits on opposition parties

restricted ngos

one child policy (1979-2015)

population control policy

effects of one child policy

forced sterilizations

gender imbalance

undocumented children

aging population

uyghurs in xinjiang

muslim chinese ethnic minority facing repression, mass detention, cultural assimilation etc

ongoing potential genocide