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OverviewOverview
1.3 billion people
Population will decline in 2030
92% Han Chinese
Major Ethnic Groups: Uyghur and Tibetans
Lingua Franca is Mandarin
Overview: EconomicOverview: Economic
World’s second largest economy.
Owns $895 billion of US treasuries
2005 exchange rate: 8.19 yaun= 1 $
2011 exchange rate: 6.5938 yuan= 1$
A Brief HistoryA Brief History Long history of dynasties (3,500
years)
Qing Dynasty – last dynasty, 1911 = revolution led by Sun Yat-sen
Yuan Shikai was the republic’s 1st president
Long March in 1934 led by Mao Zedong against Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan still refers to itself as the Republic of China
Government TodayGovernment Today
1949 - Mao Zedong created the People’s Republic of China
Currently dominated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
3 branches of govt. with a unicameral Congress
Divided into 23 provinces
Heads of GovernmentHeads of Government
Premier (Prime Minister): Wen JiaBao
Executive Vice Premier: Li KeQiang
Vice Premiers: Hui LiangYu, Zhang DeJiang, Wang QiShan
Legislative BranchLegislative Branch
National People's Congress: Currently 2,987 seats. Each person serves a 5-year term.
Members elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses and the People's Liberation Army.
Judicial BranchJudicial Branch
Supreme People's Court: Judges appointed by National People's Congress.
Current president: Wang ShengJun9 Vice-Presidents under him.
LegitimacyLegitimacy Considered legitimate
by people and other countries.
Has charismatic, ideological, coercion, and performance legitimacy
Lacks legal/institutional legitimacy
Societal legitimacy faltering.
Legitimacy: An Legitimacy: An Exciting ContinuationExciting Continuation
People of rural areas have distrusted the government since the Great Leap Forward.
Feel the government has departed from traditional Maoist values
Sensitive to corruption
Ethnic Cleavages: Ethnic Cleavages: Tibet Tibet
Tibet and China were united by Mongol Invasion and Yuan Dynasty.
White Papers claim China has de facto control
1950- People’s Liberation’s Army Invades
17 Points Agreement
Free TibetFree Tibet
Why: Tibet is historically independent Tibetans are being mistreated by the
Chinese government The Chinese government is repressing
religion and culture
Hu’s Visit to AmericaHu’s Visit to America
January 19th
Economic relationship
U.S. debt to China
Treatment of human rights activists
China’s place in today’s world
http://dailybail.com/home/snl-presidential-mockery-hu-jintao-asks-obama-why-you-not-ki.html
Current EventCurrent Event Liu Xiaobo won the 2010
Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent actions to improve human rights in China
He is currently in prison; in 2009 he was sentenced to 11 years of prison
China did not allow Liu Xiaobo to receive the award and an empty chair was left in his honor at the ceremonies
Political CulturePolitical Culture
Self-reliance – Great Leap Forward, not reliant on elite
Collectivism prevails, but a more individualistic society is emerging
CCP wants loyalty to focus on itself
Political culture is also shaped by unique geography
Confucian values – order, harmony, hierarchy
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions Do you think the Chinese
government should undergo a process of checks and balances to even out power?
What is your opinion on human rights in China? Do you think restraining human rights decreases China’s potential to be a greater nation?
Do you think that with China’s expanding economy the flow of information and ideas will culminate in a revolution (peaceful or violent)?
Is it possible that some Chinese ideas can spread to the rest of the world because of its economic successes?
Should China let go of Tibet? Taiwan?
Sources Sources http://www.walrushole.com/designer/archives/2006/11/
legitimacy_of_t.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb137/is_3_25/ai_n29042803/pg_2/?tag=content;col1
http://www.cfr.org/china/media-censorship-china/p11515
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/china/china-taiwan.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-02/world/china.us_1_mainland-taiwan-relations-taiwan-issue-taiwan-strait?_s=PM:WORLD