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12/16/2007

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Term

1. Party

2. Government

3. Military 

Definition
What are the three institutions of the Chinese Political Structure?
Term

1. National Party Congress (1500-3000)

2. Central Committee (200-300)

3. Politburo (14-24) 

Definition
What are the three parts of the Party institution and how many members are in each?
Term
Every 5 years
Definition
How often does the National Party Congress meet?
Term
Selection rules are determined by Central Committee but Usually are appointed
Definition
How are delegates chosen in the NPC
Term

1. Political report by party chairperson

2. report on the revision of the party constitution

3. Election of Central Committee 

Definition
What are the three responsibilities of the NPC
Term
Appointed by the NPC
Definition
How are members of the Central Committee (CC) selected?
Term
They have the supreme power to govern party when the NPC is not in session and they meet 1-2/year
Definition
What power does the CC have and how often do they meet?
Term

1. Members appointed

2. Propoganda

3. United Front - dealing with noncommunist

4. International liason - other communist

Definition
What admnistrative details does the CC oversee? (4)
Term
By the CC
Definition
How is the Politburo selected?
Term
Acts on behalf of the CC when not in session
Definition
When does the Politburo act?
Term
They rule by consensus deciion making
Definition
How does the Politburo rule?
Term
once a week in secret
Definition
How often does the Politburo Standing committee meet?
Term
General Secretary
Definition
Who is the head of the party bureacracy?
Term
It is made up of the National peoples congress (3000) and committees
Definition
What is the Government institution made up of?
Term
once a year and they are 5 year terms.
Definition
How often does the National Peoples congress meet and how long are member terms?
Term
at a provincial level
Definition
How are delegates elected to the NPC?
Term

1. Amend State constitution and enact laws

2. Supervise enforcement of laws

3. Elect President and Vice Pres

4. Decide premier of state council upon nomination of president

5. elect major officials

6. examine and apporve n

Definition
What are the 8 main functions of the National peoples congress?
Term
National peoples Congress
Definition
What is the Highest organ of state power
Term
175 Members
Definition
How many people are n the NPC Standing Committee?
Term
Serves as Congress
Definition
What does the NPC standing committee do when NPC not in session
Term

1. Holds legislative powers

2. Interprets constitutionality of laws

3. Rules on treaties

4. Decidies on war when NPC not in session 

Definition
What are 4 powers that the NPC standing committee has?
Term
30- 100+
Definition
How many members are in the State Council
Term
The Premier and it has an administrative function
Definition
Who is the head of the State Council and what is its function
Term
Definition

In Principle - NPC is supreme Source of Law

In Practice- NPC subservient to leaderships wishes 

Term

The Matrix Problem - Huge nationwide bureacracy combines complex vertical and horizontal requirements

 

Fragmented Authority - Officials have a number of bosses in different places

Fragmentation makes it easy for one actor to fru

Definition
What is one of the Bureaucratic inefficiencies?
Term
Red Army
Definition
What is China's Modern Military Called?
Term
There was a rift between the ideologically correct amatuers or technologically competent professionals
Definition
Why did China's modern military evolve?
Term
1949
Definition
The Red Army became a disciplined force supporting the party by what year
Term
Achieving political goals and organizing the masses
Definition
What was the military an instrument for?
Term
Expertise and Weapontry
Definition
The Military pushed ideology over what (2)
Term

1. Obey orders at all times

2. Do not take anything from masses

3. Turn in all that is captured 

Definition
What were the three main rules of the red army
Term

Lure enemy in deep

 

Surprise attack isolated enemy units 

Definition
What was the strategy of the red army?
Term

1. Officers not to mistreat soldiers

2. Officers eat, sleep, work, and study with soldiers 

Definition
What were two examples of democracy within the military
Term
Food, Clothing, and buildings
Definition
How was the army self-sufficient? (3)
Term

1. Irrigation

2. Factories

3. Land Reform 

Definition
How did the army build and maintan civil economy?
Term
Definition
The Army was a model for society - Everyone a soldier.
Term
Asses and improve organization, including tactics, strategy and weaponry
Definition
What did the Korean War and Quemoy crisis convince Chinese Leaders to do in 1950's?
Term
Ideological purity
Definition
What were these improvements at the expense of?
Term

1. Education

2. Rank and conscription widened gap between officers and soldiers

3. Focus on weaponry and tactics

4. Civilian land requistioned for barracks

5. Black market involvement

6. Leaders began to question control o

Definition
What were the 6 improvements
Term

1. Reassertion of party control

2. Sovit Union stopped aid and advice

3. Weapons deteriorated, soldiers malnourished, army suffered. 

Definition
What were three things that came out of the Great Leap Forward
Term
Through both red and expert
Definition
in early 1960's, How did Lin Biao move to revitalize the army?
Term

1. Political Thinking

2. Military Traning

3. Work Style

4. Fulfillment of tasks

5. Physical education 

Definition
What were five parts of the red movement of Lin Biao?
Term

1. Training increased

2. Officer Control increased 

Definition
What were the two parts of Lin Biao's expert movement?
Term

1. Mao dissatisfied with the redness of the military

2. Lin Biao's death gave rise to professional influence 

Definition
What were two reasons for the culturarl revolution?
Term

1. Lure Enemy in deep and forward defense

2. Soviet Aimed Defense

3. Limited wars on PRC periphery 

Definition
What was Deng's new strategy due to reforms and professionalism in the PLA (3)?
Term

1. Military used against own people

2. popular resentment from within 

Definition
What were two main problems with Tiananman
Term

1. Decentralization

2. Reformed irrational price system

3. Contract responsibility system

4. Increased privatization of economy 

Definition
What wre Mao's 4 reforms after 1978
Term

1. Growth accelerated

2. Household savings increased

3. entrepreneurship increased 

Definition
What were three implications of Mao's reforms
Term

1. Excessive borrowing

2. Limited production of key commodities 

Definition
What were two problems due to inflation during the reform period?
Term

1. Increased standard of living

2. Declining government revenues effected social services

3. Tiananmen 

Definition
What were the three social effects from the reforms?
Term
Bring inflation to 10% and growth to 5-6%
Definition
What was the goal of the counter reforms?
Term

1. Created bankruptcies

2. Unemployment

3. Global sanctions and reduced revenues

4. Government deficit 

Definition
What were four implications of the counter-reforms?
Term
A shift to general economic rule
Definition
What was the counter-counter reforms centered around?
Term

Banks - created central bank

Prices - Phased out dual price system 

Definition
What did the counter-counter reforms have an impact on?
Term
Trade and Foreign Investment
Definition
What did the sound Macroeconomic policies of the Counter Counter revolution deal with?
Term

1. Size

2. Cultural diversity

3. Climate

4. Soil variation

5 Geographic Location in regards to ports

6. Topography

7. Dialect variation

8. Tech limitations of project power 

Definition
What were the natural causes of sectional independence in China? (8)
Term
Definition
What
Term

1. Roads

2. Railroads

3. Airports

4. Tech

5. Pipelines

6. Centralization - commerce, Migration, education 

Definition
What were ways to overcome sectional independence? (6)
Term

1. Decentralization of economic planning and coordination

2. Special Economic Zones

3. Incentives for intraregional joint ventures and interregional competition 

Definition
What were the three induced causes of sectional independence and regional autonomy?
Term

1. Increasing local autonomy because of economic reforms

2. Welth Gap between coast and interior

3. ethnic groups

 

Definition
What were three regional problems for the center?
Term
1997
Definition
When did Hong Kong return to China?
Term

SAR article included in PRC Constitution

- Hong Kong will be SAR

- Economic System and Laws will be the same 

Definition
What happened in July 1982 in regards to Hong Kong?
Term
1887 Sino Portuguese Treaty
Definition
How did China lose Macao?
Term
1979 secret Sino-Portuguese agreement to return sovereignty to PRC
Definition
How was Macao returned?
Term

- Chinese migration during Tang Dynasty

- Portuguese and Formosa

- Japanese Rule -1895-1945

- Chinese Nationalist rules

   - "One China"

Definition
What is some Background on Tiawan
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