China Early offers from the west - The west wanted to trade with china but they rejected it. They had all the stuff they needed and didn’t need any outside help Self-Reliance - China thought they didn’t need any help from the outside Trading limitations - China was self-reliant‚ so it didn’t tend to trade with other countries. But then again the European countries wanted to trade with them. They set limits on which they would trade with. Opium/Opium war of 1839 - Opium was the cash crop in China
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Chapter 29 Reading Questions What effects did World War I and the Treaty of Versailles have on Europe? World War I left European countries with huge debts and decreased amounts of land for crop production. The massive loss of life due to the war massively decreased the European workforce and forced European economies to rely on imports from settler societies and the U.S. Additional economic pressures placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles made the political situation there particularly
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political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4‚ 1919‚ protesting the Chinese government’s weak response to the Treaty of Versailles‚ especially the Shandong Problem. New Life Movement - was set up by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling in February 1934‚ with the help of the Blue Shirts Society and the CC Clique within the Chinese Nationalist Party. It attempted to counter Communism ideology with a mix of traditional Confucianism‚ Western Christianity
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to push the Japanese out and bring China to power. Throughout the growth of the CCP‚ the peasants were growing in power and successfully overthrowing landlords and ridding of oppression. In this document‚ rising Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong wrote about how millions of peasants will rise to be powerful and destroy any barriers holding them back. Peasants were gaining power and overthrowing landlord and non-Communist officials which shows the impact the CCP had on them. (Doc 1) The Communist
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the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand. They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe. | 4. (TCO 3) China’s Communists finally won the long civil war under the leadership of (Points : 2) | Mao Zedong. Kim Il Sung. Syngman Rhee. Chiang Kai-shek. | 5. (TCO 3) What city was divided during the Cold War and became a hotspot for espionage and intrigue? (Points : 2) | Paris. London. Berlin. Rome. | 6. (TCO 4) What was
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alliance in history. In many cases the United States intervened with the affairs of other nations. After Japan’s withdrawal from China after WWII‚ we continued to send almost all aid short of troops to Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalists who were now fighting against communism and Mao Zedong. In many other cases the United States intervened internationally to fight communism. The US paid for 80% of French war costs in Vietnam and helped stop the communist group Hakbalahaps from taking over
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highlights developments in China. At that time a dispute between Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Tse Tung. Japan army seized Manchuria and China dominate the interior. China country is the birthplace of the father and his ancestors in the Kwantung. During his youth 15 years‚ Chin Peng have a feeling that is close to the western educated nationalist Chiang Kai Shek who dominate the southern China and Taiwan. But the booklet ’On Protacted War’ essay Mao Tse Tung changed his mind on the flow of communism. Clear
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Article - Asoke (Rocky) Mehera A Study of Political Ideological Background of Relationship between Chinese Authoritarian State and Embedded Pluralism of Feminist Activism in Post-Mao Era – Analysis from the Marxist Perspective The Field of Research/Topic of Investigation: The core issue of my research is to examine how the Chinese state‚ public policies and feminist organizations are having a great impact on feminist activism in China. I am going to analyse the Chinese state in terms of
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Taiwan is a subtropical island located about 100 miles east of mainland China. Covering about 13‚892 square miles‚ it is roughly the size of the state of Maryland and the capital city is Taipei‚ which is found at the northern tip of the country on the Tamsui River. The so-called “backbone” of the island is formed by a north-south mountain range‚ the highest peak of which being Yushan at 13‚110 feet. These mountains were the original homeland of the aborigines. With people taking advantage of the
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To what extent was Mao’s rise to power a result of KMT weakness? One of the most important leaders of China during the 20th century‚ Mao Zedong remained in power from 1949‚ right after winning the Civil War‚ until his death‚ in 1976‚ becoming the country’s longest serving leader and establishing the political and economic structure that has remained in place until today: the People’s Republic of China. It is essential to point out that Mao’s rise to power was due not only to the existent social
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