1. CCOT China 1750-Present Ms. Buffalino

2. INTRO 0 If the intro cue doesn’t work don’t force it. 0 A suggestion to help you save time. 0 Give China’s geographic location as opening sentence. 0 Thesis = global context 0 CANNOT USE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

3. Basic Facts were missing = study time was not given 0 Chronological order AND DATES! 0 Geography 0 Qing (1644-1911): why did foreigners dominate and why did they fall?!!!! 0 Spheres of Influence and their impact: First Opium War (1839-1842), Taiping Rebellion (1850- 1864), First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)

4. Basic Facts con’t 0 Confucianism is a belief system 0 Stick to the periodization -> Buddhism was not a major concern for the modern era. 0 1750 = Age of Revolutions 0 1900 = World Wars 0 1945 and beyond = Cold War 0 WAS ISOLATED SINCE 1433 – WHY????

5. Basic Facts con’t 0 People’s Republic of China = 1949 0 Define: communism and a command economy. 0 Nationalism was not democratic but it was not communistic. 0 Nationalism Party (Kuomintang) -> nationalistic to rid foreigners, did not give natural rights. 0 Sun Yatsen – 1911 0 Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) – 1928 0 Why was the Long March successful? 0 Infanticide – been around in China for 2000 years (WEEKLIES) 0 Tiananmen Square(1989) – Global context and it was Deng!!!

6. Change/Continuity 0 Changes: political ideology, economic systems 0 Continuity: human rights violations (being patriarchal is a human rights violation) 0 2 BODIES IS FINE -> if you do three to split up length just make sure you have a reason! 0 Reasons: 0 Political ideology -> foreign conquest forced the Chinese to abandon traditional dynasties; communism promised to be a solution to modernize quickly. 0 Economic systems -> Deng Xiaoping needed to improve the economy by allowing foreign investment. In 1976 when Deng took control Mao’s Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution destroyed China economically. 0 Human rights violations -> Confucianism (5 Relationships), culture instilled patriarchal values and geography solidified it; China has never had a governmental system that has fostered natural rights or democratic ideals.