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Deng Xiaoping |
1980's: He becomes dominate leader of the Communist party. Deng focuses on the economic development, standard of living, and creates order/stability. He launches agricultural reform, industry/urban reform, and gives limited rights/freedoms. |
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Hukou System |
You are a legal citizen wherever you are born. If you move, you do not have the same benefits and legal rights. Origin comes from Mao, all programs are local, not national. |
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Floating Population |
Members are unequal, their children receive poor educations. People leave countrysides to look for jobs in cities, but do not have any benefits. |
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Guanxi |
It means to be central to everything and have connection/networking abilities to obtain what you want. |
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Guandao |
This is the official corruption that relies on guanxi 'relations' |
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Gaizhi |
Changing of the system. Under Mao, the state owned all industries. In the late 1980's, things started to change, there was more privatized plans. Everything was planned = irrational |
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Iron rice bowl |
Traditionally you'd ask "have you eaten?", but it changed to "what's your work title?" danwei = work unit. It refers to an occupation with guaranteed job security, as well as steady income/benefits. |
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"Difang guannian" |
Creates a great deal of loyalty to a region. There is a vague sense of nationalism. Family and regions go hand-in-hand. |
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ti-yong formula |
Confucian system; Chinese learning of the essence [ti] and Western learning of practice [yong] were thought to be used together as a way to balance/save China, however, Yan Fu concluded that China needed only Westernization to survive. |
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Northern Expedition |
1926-1928: A military campaign that aimed at bringing all of china under KMT rule. It was led by Chiang Kai-shek. It is viewed positively in China since it ended a period of disorder + started the formation of an effective central government. |
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Chiang Kai-shek |
He was able to take control of the central government from warlords and restored large elements of Confucianism to China's official ideology. |
