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L.O: Understand China’s timeline
from the Qin Dynasty to present.
KEY WORDS
Dynasty, Confucianism, Philosophy,
Unification, Abdication, Republic,
Communism, Innovation, Revolution.
Match the word and the meaning!
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dynasty
Confucianism
philosophy
unification
nationalist
Communism
innovation
revolution
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Devotion to the interests or culture of
one's nation.
The introduction of something new.
the overthrow of a government by its
people
A way of thinking about the world,
society and universe and how we
behave as individuals in it.
A political way of thinking: no social
classes, with common ownership of
tools, factories, and farms that are
used to produce goods and food.
The process of being united or made
into a whole.
An ethical system and way of thinking
developed by the philosopher
‘Confucius’.
A period of time when a country is
ruled by people from the same family.
Shang Dynasty
• The first Chinese dynasty for which clear
written evidence exists.
• 1700-1046 BC.
• A long period where China was a series
of independent states.
• Kung Fu/other martial arts
started to flourish.
Qin Shihuangdi unites China
• Known as The First Emperor, Qin
Shihuangdi is ruthless in his quest to unify
many independent states.
• He starts building ‘The Great Wall.’
• He invents new political and
monetary systems for the ‘united China’.
• 221 – 206 BC.
Han Dynasty
• Golden age: China grows even stronger.
• Growth in economy/money
• Start of Confucianism as a state
philosophy.
• 206-220 AD.
Opium Wars
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Also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars.
First Opium War: 1839 to 1842
Second Opium War: 1856 to 1860.
Disputes over trade and diplomatic relations
between China and the British Empire.
• Chinese originally used opium for medicinal
purposes. British mixed it with tobacco – Chinese
people widely addicted to it and became
dependent on trading with Britain for it (sourced
from East India Company).
Century of Humiliation
• Immediately after the Opium Wars.
• China weakened financially and
addiction was widespread.
• Mass foreign invasion – Japan and
Imperialist Britain.
• 1839-1949
Terracotta Warriors are discovered
• A farmer from near Xi’an tries to dig for a new
well in 1974 and discovers a whole number of
broken ancient terracotta figures.
• Protecting the tomb of Qinshihuangdi (1st
Emperor of China)
Chinese writing system invented
• 1500 BC.
• Chinese characters are one of the oldest writing
systems in the world.
• The Chinese later invented the first printing
press.
Song Dynasty
• Weak militarily/politics.
• But strong creatively – lots of inventions
and writing of popular literature.
• 960-1279 AD.
Mongols conquer China
• ‘Outsiders’ Mongols establish their own Yuan
dynasty founded by Kublai Khan.
• Marco Polo and other western travellers visit.
• Beijing become capital of China.
• 1271-1368 AD
Qing Dynasty – drive out Mongols
• Mongolia and Tibet become ‘annexes’ to
China.
• 1644.
Mao & Communism
• In 1949 Chairman Mao Zedong proclaims
the founding of the ‘People’s Republic of
China’.
• China becomes a Communist country.
• ‘Nationalists’ retreat to island of Taiwan
(and have stayed ever since).
Mao’s Cultural Revolution
• 1966-76.
• Ten-year political campaign/
social experiment aimed at
purifying communists values.
• Mao Zedong and his wife,
Jiang Qing led the revolution.
• Mao’s Red Guards carried
out brutal attacks to remove
"bourgeois“ influences.
• Millions were forced into
manual labour, and tens of
thousands were executed.
• Massive civil unrest.
One Child Policy
• After the cultural revolution, China’s
government are worried that the
population of China is spiralling out of
control.
• They introduce a strict one child policy.
• 2007 policy relaxed to just 36% of China.
• 2013 announced – 2 children allowed if
one of parents is only child.
Hong Kong handed back to China
• At the very end of the 1980s, China presses
the United Kingdom to handover Hong Kong.
• UK had held Hong Kong since 1842 (end 1st
Opium War)
• Mainly British education system.
• Dual language signage remains ever since.
3 Gorges Dam complete
• Yangtze river.
• After nearly 20 years in the making, the controversial
3 gorges dam is completed just 2 years before the
Beijing Olympics.
• The 3 gorges dam flooded archaeological and
cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people.
• A ship lift is now fully
operational.
Beijing Hosts the Olympics
• Beijing become the hosts the Olympic games
for the first time in China’s history.
• Next stop, London 2012.
China, a true Superpower
• China overtakes Japan as the 2nd largest
economy in the world.
• It is closing the gap with the USA.
• 2013.
Happy New Year 2014
• 31 January 2014.
• It will be the Year of Horse.