1. Post-Dynastic China a timeline

2. Modern China: Qing Dynasty  1644-1911: Qing Dynasty  Manchus—not Han  Closed off to West  1842: Treaty of Nanjing- UK forced China to open to the West leading to…  1900: EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE  1911: Revolution– Qing Dynasty ended  Ended 3,000 years of dynastic history!  Revolution ended by Sun Yat-Sen

3. Sun Yat-Sen Father of modern China Popular with both Communists and Nationalists Wanted Western democratic principles while keeping Chinese culture intact

4. Modern China: “Chinese Republic”  1912: China becomes a Modern Republic  1921: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded by Mao Zedong  1927: Chiang Kai-Shek founded the Nationalist Government  Nationalist = Democracy  1934: The Long March (CCP fled from Nationalists)  Communists exiled 6,000 miles  100,000 began; 8,000 survived (8% survival rate)  1937-45: Japanese War  Killed 20 million Chinese  Ended after WWII  1945-1949: Civil War between Communists (CCP/Mao) and Nationalist Kuomintang (Democracy with Kai Shek)

5. Chinese Civil War Mao Zedong Communism Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Won Kept Mainland China PRC: People’s Republic of China Initially NOT recognized by the West Chang Kai-Shek Democracy Nationalist Party Lost Fled to Taiwan ROC: Republic of China Initially recognized by the West

6. Modern China: Communist China  1949: CCP Victory! (China becomes a Communist Country)  Nationalists flee to Taiwan  1958-1962: Great Leap Forward  20 Million people die  1966-76: Cultural Revolution  1976: Mao dies  1978: Deng Xiaoping gains power and forces China’s economy to reform  4 Modernizations  Agriculture // Industry // Science // Technology  1980’s: Students begin demonstrating publically  Media can discuss social problems openly  Possible to travel & student abroad  1989: Protests in Tiananmen Square  June 4 th : Tiananmen Square massacre Without the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can never achieve independence and liberation, or industrialization and the modernization of her agriculture On Coalition Government (April 24 1945) Little Red Book

7. Cultural Revolution

12. Cultural Revolution Links 1)Audio Slideshow- Art and Picture 1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia- pacific/8279176.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia- pacific/8279176.stm 2)The Invisible Man 1)http://www.odditycentral.com/ pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible- man.htmlhttp://www.odditycentral.com/ pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible- man.html

13. Where is Mao Zedong now? Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square