1. Modern China must be seen in terms of its past

2. China
China is an ancient land with evidence of habituation going back 200,000 years

3. China
Civilization arose in China almost 7,000 years ago along the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. These early settlements were made by diverse peoples.

4. China Three historical facts that have influenced China:
Never a homogenous country
Confucianism
Need for a strong central authority to function as a unified country

5. China Geography has been a constant influence in China’s history:
Mountains and deserts to the North and west influence has been to south and east into Annam or modern Indochina and the China sea.

6. China There are three general periods of Chinese History:
Pre Dynastic period
Dynastic period(Classical period)
Modern Period

7. China Pre dynastic period: 5000BCE - 1700BCE No central authority
Various states

8. CHINA Six dynasties that are of major importance: Shang 1700-1027BCE
Zhou BCE
Qin BCE
Ming
Quing

9. China Dynastic period: Shang 1700-1027BCE Zhou 1027BCE-771BCE
-First logographic writing
Zhou 1027BCE-771BCE
Confucianism
Deism
Qin BCE
Unification
Han 206BCE – 220CE
-Wu Di’s reforms
China’s renaissance begins
Ming CE
Quing CE
Last Dynasty

10. China The Twentieth Century Period:
The republic forms under Sun Yet Sun.
Republican party KMT fails to unify the country
Succumbs to corruption
Local Warlords Dominate

11. China
The Japan War unifies KMT and the Communist (CCP) led by Mao Tse Tung.
1945 KMT turns on CCP and is defeated 1950

12. China China under Mao and the CCP:
Great leap forward; an attempt to changes China’s neo Confucianism culture led to the greatest famine of all time.
Counter revolution reversed course and China began to pull itself economically forward

13. China Modern China’s Major problems:
Ideology: Is it Capitalist or Communist?
Will Central Authority Hold?
Income Gap; Average worker earns $ per year
Rural poverty is intense