1. East Asia

2. Korea and Japan Korea Japan
Divided between Soviet and American zones of occupation
N. Korean invasion (1950) prompted Korean War
Armistice of 1953 led to a cease-fire, but tensions persisted
Japan
U.S. occupation
Democratization
New liberal constitution
Demilitarization
Rapid economic growth

4. Growth of Japan’s Gross Domestic Product 1970-1996

5. The “Four Asian Tigers”

7. China Fighting between communists and nationalists resumed after WWII
Communist victory of 1949 led to creation of Peoples’ Republic of China
Chiang and Nationalists escaped to Taiwan

8. “Great Leap Forward” of 1950’s ended in disaster
Mao staged a comeback in 1966 w/ the Cultural Revolution

9. "The Chinese People's Liberation Army is the great school of Mao Zedong Thought."

10. ( "Destroy the Old World, Forge the New World"
(A Red Guard crushes the crucifix, Buddha, and classical Chinese texts with his hammer; 1967)

11. “Capitalist roaders” are humiliated in public

12. The faces of Buddhas destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

13. Period of economic reform began in 1976 following Mao’s death