1. The world is changing Warm-up 1. Why study China?
EU – 1. China takes its place as a major power in the world
Historical scientific developments affect us directly today in many ways
The post-colonial, Cold War and post-Cold War eras have led to both significant development and significant challenges for the continents of Asia, Africa and South America
The world is changing
Warm-up 1. Why study China?
2. create a list of 3 scientific developments that affect us today
Complete packet page 16 and 17 –why has China been changing over the last 30 years? In what ways has it changed? Why should we care?
In a group, answer homework question 18.
Activity Prompt: Africa, Asia and Latin America have similarities in their post-colonial eras that illustrate important lessons about the relationship between government, society and economics.
Create a cartoon that illustrates the above prompt
On the front, attach a written explanation of how your cartoon addresses the prompt

2. China follows its own path
The Cultural Revolution
Goals – 1. to Save Mao’s power
2. To return to communist roots of the peasant-based revolution
3. To oppose the modernizing and free-market policies of Deng Xiaoping
Outcomes – economic, political and social chaos
Loss of a generation of educated people
Millions of people sent to “prison”
Many people removed from positions of political and economic power

3. China follows its own path
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Goals – 1. to end China’s isolation
2. To connect China to the West – the developed world
Outcomes –
US-China relation greatly improved
Cultural exchanges with the West
Opens china for trade
PRC recognized and given UN Security Council seat

4. China follows its own path
Outcomes –
economic growth greater than any other country in the world
300 million people out of poverty
China becomes a major world power
Big gap growing between rich and poor
Huge increase in food and industrial output
Western ideas adopted by Chinese
The 4 modernizations and Deng’s free market solutions
Goals – 1. to improve China’s economy
2. To improve China’s
industry,
military,
technology and
agriculture

5. China follows its own path
Tianenmen Square
Goals – 1. to promote democracy and end the authoritarian single-party political system
Outcomes – economic, political and social chaos
Hundred or thousands killed
Democracy movement almost destroyed
World aware of China’s human rights abuses
CCP stays in power and economy continues to flourish

6. China follows its own path
Hong Kong Handover
Goals – 1. end foreign rule of Chinese territory
Outcomes – 1 country two systems
2. China’s access to western capital and capitalism
3. Hong Kong slowly loses political freedom, but China’s citizens slowly accept Western-style freedoms and economic activity