Modern Day China Events that have shaped China
EVENT #1 - Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Reading with questions (9:57) RY (BBC News 3:35) RY al/countriesandterritories/china/tiananmen- square/index.html NYT articleshttp://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/internation al/countriesandterritories/china/tiananmen- square/index.html
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You make the connection… How is this event similar to the Arab Spring?
EVENT #2 - China’s One Child Policy What is it? What was its purpose? m/watch?v=n- _06DyfRoo (9:59) m/watch?v=n- _06DyfRoo
China’s One Child Policy Limited urban families to 1 child Limited rural families to 2 children Fines to pay if policy broken Many girls given up for adoption or aborted due to new technology (ultrasound) Today: 1)More men than women 116 to 100 2)Not enough people in the workforce and too many elderly Change one-child policy (stipulations)
Consequences of Policy What were the consequences of this policy? NlgYXaIdr7E (3:05 Lost Girls) NlgYXaIdr7E What has happened in China? zWO0zTOXcA0 (1:38 Easing of the policy?) zWO0zTOXcA protests of law led to violence in villages 2008 rumor of end of law, but govt said not for at least 10 more years New leader…new ideas and changes to the One Child Policy?? MyXOFKHEpWE (4:49 Nov. 2013) MyXOFKHEpWE