1. AP World History Chapter 33
Rebirth and Revolution:
Nation Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim

2. East Asia in the Postwar Settlements
Korea divided
Russian, American zone
Taiwan
Chinese occupation
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan occupied by United States
Postwar decolonization
U.S. loses Philippines
Dutch: Indonesia
British: Malaya

3. Japanese Recovery American occupation ends, 1952 Democratization
women get the vote
unions encouraged
Shintoism disestablished
land redistribution
new constitution modified, 1963
Liberal Democratic Party, 1955

4. Korea: Intervention and War
North Korea
communist
Kim Il-Sung, to 1994
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
parliamentary government
North invades South, 1950
U.S. leads UN effort
China supports North Korea
1953, armistice or cease fire.

5. Emerging Stability in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
Guomindang retreats to Taiwan
U.S. Support
Hong Kong
British colony
Chinese control, 1997
Singapore
independence, 1965

6. Japan, Incorporated Japan's Distinctive Political and Cultural Style
Liberal Democrat Party,
corruption raises questions
Cultural continuity
Hiraoka Kimitoke
Nationalist
The Economic Surge
Company unions
cooperation between management, labor
Women
traditional attitudes
Popular culture
Western influence

7. The Korean Miracle South Korea Chung-hee, 1961-1979
military loses power
more open press, political action
new companies
Hyundai

8. Taiwan Rapid economic growth More contact with China, other neighbors
Death of Chiang Kai-shek, 1978
Gap narrows between China and Taiwan

9. Singapore Similar to Taiwan Lee Kuan Yew Authoritarian rule
Returned to China, 1997

10. The Pacific Rim: Common culture
Group loyalty stronger than individualism
Confucianism important in economic development
Benefit from Japanese influence
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia follow

11. Mao’s China Rise of Communist China Long March Communism popular
Mao gaining power by 1945
Defeat of Japan, 1949
Communists ascendant
Land reform
First five-year plan, 1953
Mass Line approach, 1955
Agricultural cooperatives
Farming through collectives from 1956
Purge of intellectuals, 1957

12. The Great Leap Backward
The Great Leap Forward, 1958
based on peasant communes
peasants un-cooperative
famine
ended by 1960
Mao no longer state chairman
still head of Central Committee
replaced by pragmatists
Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoui, Deng Xiaoping

13. "Women Hold Up Half of the Heavens"
Communist promising legal equality
Work outside the home opportunities increase

14. Mao's Last Campaign and the Fall of the Gang of Four
Cultural Revolution, 1965
Zhou Enlaiinto, seclusion
Liu Shaoqui, killed
Deng Xiaoping, imprisoned
The Cultural Revolution ended, 1968

15. Revolution in Vietnam