2. Indonesia

3. China’s geography and population
In area, China is the fourth largest country in the world: 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. United States 4. China 5. Brazil

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Mountains cover one-third of China. China has 9 of the 13 highest mountain peaks. China has the third longest river in the world—the Chiang Jiang (Yangtze).

6. Geography

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China has the largest population in the world (1.3 billion or 20% of the world’s population).

8. Population: To restrict population growth, in 1979 China
implemented a one child per couple policy. China’s
population, however, is still growing at about
1.5% per year (20 million).

9. Sister Rivers

10. Hidden Peoples

11. Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties

12. Warring States Period

13. QIN SHIHUANGDI

14. QIN SHIHUANGDI’S TOMB

15. China under the Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.E.
Page: 196

16. Silk Road- Route to Rome

17. The Sui and Tang dynasties, 589-907 C.E.
Page: 385

18. The Song dynasty, C.E.
Page: 391

19. The Forbidden City
The construction of the Forbidden City began during the Ming dynasty (1407).
It was the home of the emperor.

20. The Emperor’s Chair
Located in the Palace of Heavenly Purity (in the Forbidden City).

21. Footbinding

22. Traditional Food and Markets

23. Qing dynasty
Nurhaci
Ruled China from 1644 to It was established by the Manchus who are from the region called Manchuria. Nurhaci (Manchu reign: ) unified Manchu tribes and organized a powerful military.

24. The Qing empire,
Page: 727

25. Kangxi
Kangxi ruled from 1661 to He was a Confucian scholar who gained control over Tibet, Mongolia, and Taiwan.

26. Qianlong
Qianlong ruled from 1736 to The Chinese family was patriarchal and patrilineal. Women were subservient.

27. Opium War
Occurred from 1839 to 1842): Merchants from Great Britain (England) shipped opium to China. Many Chinese became opium addicts. The British government refused to stop the shipments. War resulted. Great Britain won and received Hong Kong.

30. Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion occurred from 1851 to It was a major peasant revolt that resulted in 20 million deaths. A result of the war was that Chinese military commanders (warlords) divided China into spheres of influence.

31. Warlords http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_5CKAOch8Warlords

32. Boxer Rebellion
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Boxer Rebellion of 1900: The Boxers were a Chinese secret society that opposed foreign influence in China. The Boxers killed Christian converts and missionaries. Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. intervened and suppressed the uprising.

34. Empress Dowager Cixi

36. Open Door Policy and Boxer Rebellion- 1900

38. Fall of the Qing dynasty
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Pu Yi
In 1911, the Manchu (Qing) dynasty fell from power (Pu Yi was no longer emperor!!). Revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen founded a republic and the Guomindang (Nationalist Party). From 1912 to 1920, China experienced episodes of civil war and many governments.

42. Sun Yat-sen

43. China from 1921
to 1949
Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao
Zedong
1921: Chinese Communist Party formed. Mao Zedong became its leader : Communists and Nationalists defeat the warlords. Sun Yat-sen died and was replaced by Chiang Kai-shek. .

44. Mao Zedong

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1927: Communists and Nationalists begin fighting against each other. 1931: Japan invaded and occupied Manchuria.

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1933: The “Long March”: the Communists walked 6,000 miles to northwestern China to escape the Nationalists.

49. 1937: Japan invaded the rest of China
1937: Japan invaded the rest of China. Rape of Nanking: the Japanese committed atrocities against Chinese in the city of Nanking. Approximately 300,000 civilians were murdered and 20,000 females raped.

53. webtranslations.com
: After WWII ended in 1945, the fight between the Nationalists and Communists continued. With help from the Soviet Union, in 1949 the Communists defeated the Nationalists who fled (2 million of them) to Taiwan.

54. Communist China (1949- present)
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was the Chinese Communist leader from 1949 until his death in Mao ruled harshly by imprisoning or executing dissenters.

55. Dalai Lama
1950: China invaded Tibet and continues to control it. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists.

56. : Mao implemented the “Great Leap Forward,” in which communes (government controlled farming) stressed labor instead of technology. The Great Leap Forward was a disaster—15 million Chinese died of starvation.

57. Red Guards
: “Great Cultural Revolution.” Mao wanted to exterminate all possible opponents. Students loyal to Mao formed the “Red Guards” who helped with persecutions and killings.

58. The Red Guards Most were 15 to 20 years old.
They were encouraged to turn in friends and family members who were against the revolution.

59. Chinese National Anthem
Qi lai! Bu yuan zuo nu li de ren men! Ba wo men de xie rou, Zhu cheng wo men xin de chang cheng! Zhong hua min zu dao le zui wei xian de shi hou, Mei ge ren bei po zhe fa chu zui hou de hou sheng. Qi lai! Qi lai! Qi lai! Wo men wan zhong yi xing, Mao zhe di ren de pao huo qian jin! Mao zhe di ren de pao huo qian jin! Qian jin! Qian jin! Jin!
Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves; With our very flesh and blood Let us build our new Great Wall! The peoples of China are at their most critical time, Everybody must roar defiance. Arise! Arise! Arise! Millions of hearts with one mind, Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on! Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on! March on! March on, on!

60. Mao Zedong
Large painted portraits and statues of Mao Zedong were erected in public places all over China.

61. Red Guards and Mao’s Little Red Book
The Red Guards often beat and tortured people who owned western items (books, clothes, music, etc)
Mao’s Little Red Book contained his teachings about communism and China.

62. Deng Xiaoping
1976: Deng Xiaoping took over after Mao died. Communism remained but Deng instituted capitalism (a free market economy). As a result, China’s economy has grown tremendously.

63. May 1989: Tiananmen Square massacre
May 1989: Tiananmen Square massacre. Hundreds of thousands filled Tiananmen Square in Beijing and called for democracy. Deng ordered the military to clear the area and hundreds were killed.

64. Goddess of Democracy

65. Tiananmen Square

66. Dissent- 1989

67. Tianenmen Square: Tank Man

68. Death of Deng Xiaoping
Died in

69. Today: China is still run by the Communist Party, but its economy is increasingly similar to market economies found in democratic countries. Current ruler: Hu Jintao

70. Shanghai
Government related buildings along Zhongshan Road.

71. Shanghai

72. Man pulling a rikshaw

73. Pedicab

74. Movie Theater

75. Chinese Housing
New housing outside of Beijing.

76. Children playing Monopoly

77. American Influence: Hard Rock Café

78. American Influence: Coca-cola