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China had to give this island to britain in 1842
Hong Kong
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General name for ALL treaties which China was forced to sign
"unequal"
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This war lasted from 1839-1842 China lost to Britain
Opium War
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Term for foreigners in China being governed by their own laws and not Chinese laws
exterritoriality
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treaty ended the 1839-1842 war with Britain
treaty of nanjing
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main product British sold to China
Opium
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Chiinese rebellion, "heavenly Peace" which lasted from 1850-1864, weakened China
Taiping Rebellion
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2 main products British came to China to buy
tea, silk
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In 1856, war with Great Britain broke out again. what is this war often called?
2nd opium war
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Portguese trading station established in China in 1557
Macao
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China's supply of THIS was being used to pay for large amounts of opium
silver
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First europeans to reach China by sea in 1514
Portguese
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Border clashes with this fellow communist country causes a rift between them
Soviet Union
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By late 1970's he had emerged as China's leader.
Deng Xiaping
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China's refusal to meet THIS chills the us-chinese realations
human rights
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china encouraged this as they softened the role of state centralized planning in their economny
free enterprise
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made a suprise trip to china
Richard Nixon
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became china's leader in 1993
jiang zemin
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plan to improve chinas agriculture, industry, science and military
four monernizations
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pro-democracy demonstrations held here
tienanmen square
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many chinese wanted a fifth modernization, or_____?
deomcracy
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what happened to many leaders of pro-democracy movements?
jailed or killed
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Communist China's formal name
people's republic fo china
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won the chinese civil war
communists
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radical students. ruining, burning, destroying
red guards
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collective farm communities
comunes
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china trying to leap foreward quickly using this plan
great leap foreward
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chiang kaishek and supporters had to flee here
taiwan
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THIS small group of readical communists tried to take control after mao died
GANG of FOUR
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during wwll, communists and nationalists united to fight this common enemy
japan
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launched by mao to rid of the "four olds" and those he disliked
culture revolution
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millions of this class were killed as communists take over china
landlords
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regional leaders of china that had their own private armies
warlords
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nationalists opposed this party
communists
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chinese name for nationalist party
guomindang
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aging empress who ruled china for 10 years
cixi
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became leader of chinese communtists
mao zedong
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last dynasty of china.
Qing
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communists relied on this majority segment of society for their main suppert
peseants
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early leader of chinese nationalist party
sun yixian
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after sun died, this commander became head of nationalists
chinag kaishek
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anit-western, anti-christian group attacked chinese christians and foreigners
boxers
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6,000 mile escape by communists from jiangxi to shaanxi provence
long march
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US plan for all nations to have equal trade rights in china
open door policy
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