Exam 9: China

What downsides has China experienced as a result of its rapid economic growth in the most recent decade? How might environmental, political and class-based challenges constrain Chinese growth in the future?

Observers may question the competitiveness of elections held in the rural areas of China because only

The reform attempt during the mid-1950s that supposedly would encourage intellectuals to voice their concerns was the

Shortly after coming into power, Mao described China's 600 million people as being

Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, and three other radical leaders of the Cultural Revolution were known later as the __________.

Although Mao once said that __________ "held up half the sky," they now face growing discrimination in the job market, they hold few positions of power in the party, and are even facing the prospects of being bought and sold, a practice once outlawed in the 1950s.

The ancient Chinese philosophy that stresses respect for those above you in the hierarchy is __________.

During the Cultural Revolution, university and middle school students formed units of __________ to carry on the work of the Revolution, often attacking opponents of Mao Zedong.

The 1989 student occupation of Tiananmen Square was eventually known as the

From 1921 until 1927, the Soviet Union wanted the CCP to form a __________ with the KMT.

__________ was one of the early leaders of the Kuomintang and the leader of the Chinese nationalists until his death in 1925.

The existence of princelings is an example of which problem in China

The __________ were the European power that defeated China in the first Opium War and subsequently opened the country to missionaries and Western merchants.

During the 1980s, the Chinese communists concentrated on economic reform, while their Soviet counterparts did more politically. What impact did that difference have on the evolution of Chinese politics?

The Democracy Movement began with protests following the death of reformist leader __________.

Rather than being a totalitarian communist regime, Kenneth Lieberthal now describes the Chinese government as

Is globalization a help or a hindrance to China? What about to the Communist party? Does the answer change if we consider just economics or just politics?

Today, most political power in China is located in what institution?

Mao created a successful revolution by using a strategy based on

The policy of economic, industrial, scientific, and military development first introduced in the 1970s is called the __________.