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Qing Dynasty
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Last dynasty of China, took over after Ming, means "pure"
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Beijing
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literally "northern capital"
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Nanjing
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literally "southern capital"
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Opium War
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1839-1842
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Kangxi
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r. 1661-1722
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Qianlong
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r. 1736-1799
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Xinjiang
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"Chinese Turkestan," many rebellions sought to free this area
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White Lotus Rebellion
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sought to free Xinjiang, 1796-1804
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Treaties of Nanjing
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began the Unequal Treaties System, heavily benefitted West at expense of Chinese sovereignty
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Boxer Crisis
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1900, convinced that Christianty would end China, held foreigners hostage, Qing supported b/c Boxer supported them, foreigners invaded palaces and looted while supressing the Boxers
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Ti/Yong Debates
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how much Western culture China should embrace
ti: basis, fundamental, essence yong: unity |
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Hong Xiuquan
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led Taiping uprising imagined he was the younger brother of Christ and was meant to uverthrough the Manchus
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Taiping uprising
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Taiping=Great peace
embraced gender euality, refrain from sex b/c as brothers and sisters under God it was incest even when married |
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Pu Yi
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Last Emperor
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Sun Zhongshan
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first provisional president of the Republic of China
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Yuan Shikai
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assumed power in 1912, overthrew Sun Zhongshan, millitary man
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The Revolutionary Alliance
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Sun Zhongshan's try to get power back
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Xin Qingnian
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"New Youth" journal that stated beliefs of students and teachers, New Culture movement 1915-1923
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New Culture movement
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1915-1923, new culture to replace Confucianism
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May 4th activists
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May 4, 1919, 3000 students went to capital to protest
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CCP
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Chinese Communist Party
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May 30th movement
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1925, man killed in labor dispute, protesting crowd was fired into
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First United Front
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Sun Zhongshan and CCP united
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Nanjing period
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Nationalist party controled most of China, 1927-1937
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Jiang Jieshi
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successor of Sun, started Nanjing period
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Long March
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1934-1935, CCP abandoned base in Jiangxi and made dangerous trek up mountain to escape from Jiang Jieshi
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Xi'an incident
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Jiang was kidnapped and forced to make an alliance w/ the CCP to be released, formed "Second United Front"
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People's Liberation Army
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"Red Army" Communist Army
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National Day
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October 1, 1949, when Communists officially took over China
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Jiefang ribao
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"Liberation Daily," vehicle of propogation after 1949
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PRC
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People's Republic of China
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of CCP after the Long March, leader of PRC
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Xinjiang
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"New frontier" 1/6 of China's land, didn't become officially annexed til 1884
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Yang Zengxin
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1912 said was in charge of Xinjiang, assassinated in 1928
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Jin Shuren
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Took over after Yang Zengxin, tried to Sinicize(make like Chinese) the Muslims.
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Uyghurs
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1933 tried unsuccessfully to break from Xinjiang and form the Eastern Turkistan Republic
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Sheng Shicia
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leader of the Nationalist troops in Xinjiang, only lasted til 1944
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The New Marriage Law of 1950
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Women no longer subordinate, arranged marriages discouraged,
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Bandung conference
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Asia-African relations between 3rd world countries that had fought off colonialism and imperialism
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Zhou Enlai
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Mao's right hand man, was pro finding solutions not involving USSR ties
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Marshal Peng Dehuai
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removed from office in 1959 b/c opposed the great leap forward
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Jiang Qing
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Actress before marrying Mao
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Liu Shaoqi
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Chairman of PRC 1959-1968
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Hua Guofeng
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ruled China nominally after Mao's death
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Deng Xiaoping
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Took over gradually from Hua Guofeng
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Lin Biao
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Heir apparent to Mao, 1969-1971, lost favor b/c he led the PLA and the army was becoming "too powerful"
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Democracy wall
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Workers posted criticisms of government
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Wei Jingsheng
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Electrician, best known Democracy Wall author
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