1. Pick up the article on your way in.

2. CTMUN—University of Texas at Austin

3. Recent Elections in China
How did China become an economic rival to the United States?

4. Review! How did the dynastic cycle end in the early 20th century?
In what ways did Mao initially try to follow the Soviet model of development?
How did cadres contribute to famine during the Great Leap Forward?
What was Mao trying to accomplish during the Cultural Revolution? How did that turn out?

5. Deng Xiaoping After Mao died, different groups tried to win power
Gang of Four—Blamed for failures of Cultural Revolution
Moderates, led by Deng Xiaoping, won control

6. If you had to modernize the Chinese economy following Maoism, what would you do?
Remember what happened with shock therapy (even though it hadn’t happened yet), and remember what communism is all about…

7. Reforms under Deng Xiaoping
Four Modernizations—Industry, Agriculture, Science, and the Military
Special Economic Zones—Deng set up four capitalist areas in Southern China to experiment with capitalism
China occasionally adds more SEZ’s

9. Industry—Deng Xiaoping set up “Open Door Policy (trading with other countries, even the U.S.!)
Agriculture—Broke up Mao’s collective farms, (no more quotas to meet) set up household responsibility system (after paying taxes, families can sell or eat their own crops)

10. Science—High academic standards, expansion of research and universities, sending students and professors abroad to study
Military—Use foreign technology and research to modernize the military

11. The Iron Rice Bowl
Under Mao—Iron Rice Bowl—Cradle to grave health care, job, retirement care
Deng Xiaoping—Broke Iron Rice Bowl
Allowed more market reforms, increased GDP, but also increased unemployment and inequality

12. Deng Xiaoping’s Legacy—1979-1989
Socialist Market Economy
Allowed private business, kinda
Township and village enterprises (bamboo capitalism)
Economic Liberalization--the loosening of government regulations in a country to allow for private sector companies to operate business transactions with fewer restrictions (still lots of state ownership though)
No political liberalization—Maintain one party rule

13. “Comrade Deng Xiaoping”
“Great Marxist, great Proletarian Revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, and diplomat; one of the main leaders of the Communist Party of China, the People's Liberation Army of China, and the People's Republic of China; The great architect of China's socialist opening-up and modernized construction; the founder of Deng Xiaoping Theory".

14. Generations of Chinese Leadership
1st Generation—Mao and Red Army, Long March followers, hardcore commies
2nd Generation— —Deng Xiaoping and his followers
3rd Generation—Educated before Sino-Soviet split (many educated in Russian engineering schools)
4th Generation—Educated during Cultural Revolution (later got actual education), still technocrats and engineers, Hu Jintao leader
5th Generation— “Princelings” (brats)—Xi Jinping leader, grew up after capitalism was introduced to China, many are entrepeneurs

15. Jiang Zemin General Secretary of Communist Party of China—1989-2002
Continued Deng Xiaoping’s economic policies of open markets and special economic zones
China became a member of the WTO in 2001

16. Hu Jintao
1st leader from the time period when the Cultural Revolution destroyed higher education (4th Generation)
Eventually graduated as an engineer
Shows how the CCP has moved from cadres to technocrats
Slowed economic reforms, maintained state control of major industries

17. Xi Jinping—2012-present
1st leader of the 5th Generation— “Princelings” (grew up in a more privileged China after Deng’s reforms)
Promises to fight corruption, continue market reforms
Anti-democracy, pro centralization of government and unity (especially on the internet)
Becoming more involved in the South China Sea

18. Princeling Brats—Click on the link on my website under China
Princeling Brats—Click on the link on my website under China. It’s the one with big letters that says LINK!
Pass your timeline to the middle.
How does this relate to the 5 generations of Chinese leadership?
What would Mao think of this?
Which of these do you think is the most ridiculous?

19. Moving Forward… What do you predict China will do moving forward?
Democratization?
Continued market reforms?

20. Graphic timeline! Thanksgiving homework—
Create a graphic timeline of Chinese history, including the 6 events that you think are most important to understanding China today. Each event should include:
Title and date
Description of the importance of the event
Picture with color