Dynastic China 2205 BC-1911
Order-Chaos Pattern Order Chaos Time
Opium Wars 1839-1842
Nationalist Party: Kuomintang (KMT) Sun Yat Sen 1890s-1925 Chiang Kaishek 1925-1975
Communism Marx Lenin Mao Zedong
Gate to Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square
Government Structure (based on 1982 Constitution) “Elected” by provincial and city congresses Ministries Institutions Organizations Commissions Working Organs State Council (headed by Premier) Supreme People’s Court NPC Standing Committee National People’s Congress (NPC)
Great Hall of the People (where the National People’s Congress meets)
CCP Party Structure General Politburo Standing Secretary Military Committee (7-9 members) Military Affairs Commission “Elected” by province, city, county, municipal, organizational committees Party Secretariat Politburo (25-35 members) Central Committee of Party Congress National Party Congress (meets every five years, 2007, 2012)
Current Communist Party Leaders #1 Hu Jintao #2 Wu Bangguo #3 Wen Jiabao Pres. Chair NPC Premier
Great Leap Forward (1958-1963) Source: State Statistical Bureau (1992): 1990 Population Census of China. Beijing as detailed on: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, “China's Total Population by Sex and Age, Census 1990” Available at: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/data/pop/p_23c_m.htm
Cultural Revolution 1966-1976
Deng Xiaoping
Special Economic Zones
The Economic Model for Development Foreign Exports Direct Investment (FDI) SEZ
Shenzhen
Guangzhou (plans)
Shanghai (2006) 18
Democracy Wall, 1978/79
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Statistics http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/02/chinese_economic_history/html/1998.stm
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