PSC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Communist Party Of China, Hong Kong, May Fourth Movement
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Mao zedong: son of well-to-do peasant, personified chinese communist party, which he helped found in 1921 and lead until his death in 1976 regarded as founding father. Chinese communist party: single-party apparatus and single most powerful institution in. Century of humiliation (bainian guochi): period between mid 19th century, during which. China suffered repeated military defeats from a number of european colonial powers and japan, which resulted in several foreign spheres of influence on chinese soil. Confucianism: basic philosophy and organizing principle of traditional china in which. Right conduct was the most important goal for individuals and representatives of the state. Confucian identity generated political cohesion throughout the empire so exhibited far less political and social unrest leaders believed they could ignore rapidly expanding global trade economy in 1800s. Opium wars with uk resulted in defeat and china forced to open up to foreign trade and cede.
