AP World History Chapter 33 Rebirth and Revolution: Nation Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim

East Asia in the Postwar Settlements Korea divided Russian, American zone Taiwan Chinese occupation Chiang Kai-shek Japan occupied by United States Postwar decolonization U.S. loses Philippines Dutch: Indonesia British: Malaya

Japanese Recovery American occupation ends, 1952 Democratization women get the vote unions encouraged Shintoism disestablished land redistribution new constitution modified, 1963 Liberal Democratic Party, 1955

Korea: Intervention and War North Korea communist Kim Il-Sung, to 1994 South Korea Syngman Rhee parliamentary government North invades South, 1950 U.S. leads UN effort China supports North Korea 1953, armistice or cease fire.

Emerging Stability in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore Guomindang retreats to Taiwan U.S. Support Hong Kong British colony Chinese control, 1997 Singapore independence, 1965

Japan, Incorporated Japan's Distinctive Political and Cultural Style Liberal Democrat Party, 1955-1993 corruption raises questions Cultural continuity Hiraoka Kimitoke Nationalist The Economic Surge Company unions cooperation between management, labor Women traditional attitudes Popular culture Western influence

The Korean Miracle South Korea Chung-hee, 1961-1979 military loses power more open press, political action new companies Hyundai

Taiwan Rapid economic growth More contact with China, other neighbors Death of Chiang Kai-shek, 1978 Gap narrows between China and Taiwan

Singapore Similar to Taiwan Lee Kuan Yew Authoritarian rule Returned to China, 1997

The Pacific Rim: Common culture Group loyalty stronger than individualism Confucianism important in economic development Benefit from Japanese influence Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia follow

Mao’s China Rise of Communist China Long March Communism popular Mao gaining power by 1945 Defeat of Japan, 1949 Communists ascendant Land reform First five-year plan, 1953 Mass Line approach, 1955 Agricultural cooperatives Farming through collectives from 1956 Purge of intellectuals, 1957

The Great Leap Backward The Great Leap Forward, 1958 based on peasant communes peasants un-cooperative famine ended by 1960 Mao no longer state chairman still head of Central Committee replaced by pragmatists Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoui, Deng Xiaoping

"Women Hold Up Half of the Heavens" Communist promising legal equality Work outside the home opportunities increase

Mao's Last Campaign and the Fall of the Gang of Four Cultural Revolution, 1965 Zhou Enlaiinto, seclusion Liu Shaoqui, killed Deng Xiaoping, imprisoned The Cultural Revolution ended, 1968

Revolution in Vietnam