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Questions from Tinamnen Square Protests:

1. What lead to the Tinamnen Square Protests?The people of China wanted more freedom because other countries were getting freedom, and

Chinese people wanted it as well.

2. Why did they become violent?The protests became violent because the army was sent to kill all the protesters. They opened fireon the innocent people bringing up confusion.

3. In your opinion, did Tank Man make a big difference?

No, we do not believe the tank man made a difference because in the end, the tanks still rolledinto the city and the man probably would have been killed had those people not dragged him

aside. If anything, the only thing he did was be seen as inspiration in people's eyes, but in the

end, he did not stop the army from moving into the city.Questions from Timeline 1989 - Present4. What happened in 1992 that jumped started the Chinese Economy? How did thatlead to even more inequality between the costal regions and inland?

The first millionaires in China allowed for a jump start in China's economy. This was a benefit for

the economy as a whole but also created a larger gap between the coastal regions and inlandbecause the gap of wealth increased.

5. What happened to the economies in all of East Asia in the late 1990s? How do you

think that affected Chinas economy?

East Asia's financial collapse damages and weakens the economy of neighboring economies,bringing down all countries. Obviously, china was also affected in this. The banking system was

overwhelmed with bad loands and was on the verge of collapse.

6. How do you think the State Owned Companies operate before 1998? What happenedin 1998?

Before, the state owned companies weren't as monitored prior to 1998. But the economic

slwodown completely changed China. Thousands of state-owned companies were restructured,and millions of workers were laid off.

7. What was Zhu Rongji economic reform about?

He wants thousands of state-owned companies will be completely restructured from the ground

up resulting in millions of workers being laid off. In addition, nearly 4 million civil service jobs

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would be eliminated.

8. The government encourage the idea of private property in 1998, was that the firsttime in Chinas history? Why is that important?

I believe this was the first time China encouraged private property. They promoted the idea ofprivate property by recomming that residents buy houses previously assigned to them by the

government.9. What did Zhu Rongji reform do to the unemployment level in China?

When companies were torn down, millions lost jobs. This brought the unemplyment level very

high.

10. In 1999 studies found that Chinas economy was the fastest growing in the world.

What helped Chinas economy to grow so rapidly? In general what characteristics does

the population of a country need to have in order for its economy to grow and be amajor player in the world? Did that growth insure that everyone in China was better

off? Explain

The chinese had a booming population, which resulted in a growing work force. The large

population allowed for rapid expansion in the urban cities where buisness boomed. Except thebooming population woud later hold back the country with lack of resources to feed its booming

population.

What happened in 2001? Why was that pivotal in Chinas future economic growth?

China joins the World Trade Organization.China's entry was expected to boost and to open itshuge market to the rest of the world.