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China Mid Term
Contemporary China 300 - Zhang
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Undergraduate 1
03/12/2009

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One Child Policy
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1979. leader Xiaoping. one child in urban. to limit pop. growth fines if not followed. if 2 single kids marry they can have 2 kids
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Zhonghua Minzu
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1899 Chinese Nation. One ethnic group. modern nation of chinese nationality transcending ethnic diversions w/ a central identity to china as a whole
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Shi Huangdi
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Declared 1st emperor. great ruler/tyrant. 221 BC-207/6 BC. united China, expanded empire, standardized writing. Cruel- killed thoes to opposed him. burned all books. Qin dynasty
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Dynasty Circle
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Founded leader, prosperity, decline, rebellion, dynasy overthrown, mandate passes to next dynasty
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Mandate of Heaven
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6th century BCE
1.righ to rule is granted by heaven
2.there is only one Heaven therfore only one ruler
3.ther right ot rule is based ont he virtue of the ruler.
4. the right is not limited to one dyansty
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A Cuntury of Humiliation
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1842-949. 100yrs + from 1st Opium War. parts of imperial and republican china bitten off by foreign powers. starts modern china
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Sun Yat-Sen
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"The Father of the Revolution//Republic" chinese doctor leb revolution agains Qin dynasty in 1911. founded Nationalis party. belived in 3 principles
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Three Principles
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1.nationalism- gove in ppls hands
2.democracy- republican/democracy elected
3.equalization- land/ownership equal whealth more evenly distributed
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May Fourth Movement
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student demonstration at Tiahanem Square in Beijing 1919 opposing chiinese gove passsive acceptance of humiliation chinese in treaty of Versailles. set up new culture in oppositing to traditional orthodox. idea of art dangerous 3,000 students
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ying-yang
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6th century. confucianism/Daoism. shows contrast weak-strong, good-bad. outter circle=everything w=yang, bright active hot expanding. ying=black, dar, passive, cold, weak.
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Filial Piety
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Confucian ideas. respect for 5 relations: parent/kid, husband/wife, old/young siblings, old/ young friends, ruler/subject
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Guanxi
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"relationships" personal connection btw 2 ppl persnal and not transferable. like an IOU. must repay. relationships grouned in trust, mutal obligations and shared experiences.
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Confucius
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551-479 BC. "Master Kong" political aspirations unfulfilled the gratest teather whoever lived but rejected in own day. filial piety. political figure, founder of confucionism
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Taoism
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Lao tzu. 6th century BC. the wya of Harmony w/ nature. "the path, way" learn from observing nature. seek health and longevity
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KTM
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The Chinese Nationalist Party. 1912. Sun Yet-Sun started and Ka-sheck too over after. Nationalists turned on Communist- split of nationalist party- civil war
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Great Leap Forward
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1958-60. abandon soviet economic develpment model. shortage of food, raw material, over production of poor quality goods. Mao's responsibility stepped down from PR
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Hu Jingato
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Leader of peoples republic of china. elected 2003. represents chinas transition of leadership from old to new
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