1. What do you know about ancient and/or modern China?

2. Features of China: - One-fifth of world population
- 4,000-year-old culture
- 3rd largest national territory, regional climates
Vast land space, regional differences
- World’s largest producer of coal
- Major mineral producer
- Off-shore oil reserves

3. Language Mandarin: official language Cantonese: regional-south英语
Transliteration
Yīngyǔ
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Language Mandarin: official language Cantonese: regional-south
- 56,000 characters - most people know about 3,000
- Each word has order of strokes, dictionary shows order - Different tones to distinguish between words ways to say character with 18 definitions Characters same in both dialects, different tones - Surname (last) is written first

4. One country, Two systems - foreign relations, military defense NOT independent
Hong Kong today – protests about democracy and lack of autonomy from mainland China

5. Taiwan
Also called the Republic of China Independent since China regards as a rebel region – needs to be reunited w/ mainland China has claimed control since end of the Chinese Civil War

6. China under European Domination
Conflicts between Qing Dynasty and British Empire
Qing Dynasty: 1600s-1911 Last imperial dynasty in China powerful and lifetime rulers  prosperous  rebellions, invasions, inept rulers

7. British Invasion Europeans improving technology Qing Dynasty not modernizing and had repressive policies
Early 1800s – British defeat Qing Army Take over trading ports
Opium Wars  2 trading wars - Western nations gained commercial privileges in China First Opium War (1839–42) was between China and Britain
Second Opium War (1856–60) fought by Britain and France against China.
China wanted suppress the opium trade  British had been illegally exporting opium to China - widespread addiction - serious social and economic problems
READ AND ANNOTATE ARTICLE TOGETHER – MAIN IDEAS on SIDE, DETAILS highlighted

8. Review the primary source documents assigned to your group
Debate the legal AND moral issues that your side reflects.
Prepare
2 groups on each side – will combine for final debate
1. Unbiased introduction to the topics – give facts and background 2. Discuss the reasons for your position (Chinese or British) 3. Rebuttal
4. Summarizing statements
Emperor Kangxi, who held the record long duration of reign over the entire history of Imperial China.
Queen Victoria