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China. Early Culture. Confucius. People should be polite, honest, brave, wise. Children should obey parents. Everyone should respect elderly and obey the country’s rulers. LAOZI. His teachings: Daoism LIVE SIMPLY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. Chinese Inventions. Silk

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China

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  1. China Early Culture

  2. Confucius • People should be polite, honest, brave, wise. • Children should obey parents. • Everyone should respect elderly and obey the country’s rulers.

  3. LAOZI His teachings: Daoism LIVE SIMPLY IN HARMONY WITH NATURE

  4. Chinese Inventions • Silk • Magnetic compass • Printed books • Gunpowder • Fireworks

  5. Child Emperor, Pu Yi

  6. The Rise of Communism 1911 Pu Yi, the last emperor, is overthrown in Chinese uprising.

  7. Two Parties Fight for Control!!! Communists Nationalists Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong

  8. People’s Republic of China • Set up in 1949 • Nationalists fled to Taiwan.

  9. Government and Society • Under Chairman Mao, all land and factories were taken over by government • Farmers forced to combine farms onto large government-run farms. • Women joined work force

  10. Cultural Revolution • Mao’s little red book • Forced to give up old ways • Few individual freedoms • Red Army • Teachers jailed • Historic landmarks destroyed

  11. Mao’s Little Red Book • His quotes and views on Communism

  12. Leader after Mao died in 1976 Gave Chinese more freedoms Current leader Deng Xiaoping Hu Jintao

  13. Three Gorges Dam • Across the Yangtze River

  14. Free Enterprise • People start and own their own businesses without much government involvement. • China has limited free enterprise

  15. Population • Over 1 billion people • One-child only law. Started by Xiaoping. Enforced mainly in urban areas. Fines, forced abortions, etc. If the married couple are each without siblings, they may have two children.

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