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The Evolution of ChineseThe Evolution of ChineseWriting during the ShangWriting during the ShangThe Evolution of ChineseThe Evolution of ChineseWriting during the ShangWriting during the Shang
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Semantic-Semantic-PhoneticsPhonetics
Forbidden City: Chinese
Imperial Palace of the former emperor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl-eg-J6Wv4
The Great The Great Wall of Wall of ChinaChina
The Great The Great Wall of Wall of ChinaChina
http://www.history.com/topics/great-wall-of-china
Three Gorges Dam
Purpose: • Control flooding on Chang
River • control river traffic
hydroelectric power
Negative consequences: • 1-2 million people displaced• ecosystems destroyed due
flooding of reservoir.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BlxRBMLpFU
Struggle for China• Mao Zedong:
Communist chairman of China from 1949 to 1976.
• Chang Kai-Shek fought unsuccessfully to stop the communists.
• Fled to Taiwan which is now an autonomous island
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Communism in China• Human rights/civil rights abuses common
under Communist China.
• Censorship: to silence criticism of the government
• China limited western influences (internet, TV Shows etc)
• 1 child policy put into place to slow the population growth.
Hong Kong “One Country Two Systems”
• Large city belonged to England (UK) from 1842-1997
• Autonomous (self governing)• Highly Developed• One of most densely populated
regions in world (crowded!!! )
Tibet & The Dalai Lama (14th) • Dalai Lama holy leader of the
Tibetan Buddhists.
• China refused to grant Tibet its independence after they declared it from China in 1913
• Tibetans are victims of human rights violations by Chinese government.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QvVaZfFDKw
Pollution Concerns in China
1979 China passed EPA (Environmental Protection Law)Not enforced
Water Pollution is one of the most serious threats facing China: approx 300 million Chinese are drinking unsafe water.
Population DensityPopulation DensityPopulation DensityPopulation Density
China as % of World China as % of World PopulationPopulation
China as % of World China as % of World PopulationPopulation
North Korea
• Kim Jong iL: Supreme leader, communist, harsh, kept Korea isolated.
• Kim Jong Un: son, supreme leader at his fathers death in December 2011.
• ***Responsible for extreme Human Rights violations
Pacific “Ring of Fire”Pacific “Ring of Fire”Pacific “Ring of Fire”Pacific “Ring of Fire”
Japanese Bullet Train
Pearl Harbor• Dec 7, 1941: Japanese
attacked US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• RESULT: Brings US into WWII
Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
• US dropped atomic bombs on Japan: Aug 1945.
• Japan surrendered & was occupied & assisted in rebuilding by US forces.
Korean War
• 1950: N. Korea, invaded S. Korea as part of a plan to spread communism to S Korea.
• 1953: Threat of a nuclear world war ended the war at a stalemate.
• RESULT: Demilitarized Zone: 2.5
mile buffer zone at the 38th parallel where troops from neither side are allowed.
• Two separate countries today.
Vietnam Conflict 1964-1973
• North: Communist • South: pro-Western govt. (non-
communist)
• US Supported the South.
• China, Russia Supported the North
• 1973 US pulled out of Vietnam & N & S Vietnam unified as a communists country.