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Midterm Flashcards

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Traditional China 4 categories of people

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Gentry scholars, peasant farmers, artisans/craftsmen, merchants and traders

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Dynasties with highly commercialized economies

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Song, Ming, Qing

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Confucianism

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Ethical philosophy, set of values to pursue and principles to follow

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Core elements of Confucianism

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Humanism, righteousness and justice, loyalty, filial piety

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Humanism

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Altruism and love for others

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How to practice Confucian principles

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Li (rites/ceremonies)

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Hundred schools of thought

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Legalism, daoism, mohism, Buddhism

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Legalism

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Rule by law

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Daoism

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Back to nature

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Mohism

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Universal love

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Ideological limitation for emperors rule

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Mandate of Heaven

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Ideological mandate for bureaucratic rule

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Merit, imperial examination system

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Inner court

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Relatives of imperial family, concubines, eunuchs

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Outer court

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Bureaucrats

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Social system of traditional China

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Political system=family system unit large
Confucianism=collective ethos by family
Family=situation-oriented, dependent personality

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What was the economy in traditional China?

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Agrarian, subsistence-level w/ extractive elites and tech innovation not valued

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17
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Direct reasons why chinese dynasties fell

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Vassal rebellions, peasant uprisings, external invasion, usurpation by powerful officials; v mandate lost

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Qing dynasty domestic rebellions

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Taiping, Nian, S/NW Muslim

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Impact of Qing domestic rebellions

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Economic, rise of han provincial leaders, ideological orthodoxy-mandate with non-Han

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Qing imperialist challenges

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opium, Sino-french, Sino-japanese, boxer

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Consequences of Qing imperialist challenges

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Unequal treaties, challenge China sovereignty, loss of periphery territories, China divided into spheres of influence

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How was China’s sovereignty challenged?

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Forced open trade ports, extraterritoriality, war indemnity, lost tariff control

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Treaty of Nanking

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Trade ports forced open, GB got HK, China must pay indemnity and limit tariffs

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Open door policy

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Preserve integrity of Qing, free use of treaty ports, nations can trade equally with China

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Why open door policy?

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Fear that China gets carved up

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Impact of open door policy?

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Left China’s independence and territory intact; endorsed but not followed strictly

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Boxer rebellion

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Demanded that foreigners leave China, killed 300 and vandalized

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Why boxer rebellion?

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Resented foreign influence; tacit support from Qing

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Consequences of boxer rebellion

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US, Japan put down; China pays $300 mil; militaries in Beijing and Tianjin

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30
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Why did Qing’s collapse change China’s social structure?

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Collapse of Confucian ideology, introduction of modern industries, weakened Manchuria imperial court

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31
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How did China’s social structure change following Qing’s collapse?

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Disintegration of scholar-gentry elite; rise of han officials/han nationalism; rise of new industrial military, intellectual elites; rise of urban industrial proletariat

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32
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Xinhai Revolution

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Bomb goes off, spontaneous uprising in Wuchang, within months provinces declare independence and ROC est

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33
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Two factors contributing to imperial China collapse

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Traditional forces of dynastic decline and impact of industrial west and Japan

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34
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decline of Qing due to

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Rapid population growth, corruption worsening natural disasters, weak successors

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35
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Impact of rebellions on Qing collapse

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Provincial leaders develop armies, taxable land destroyed led to financial issues, ideological prestige of courts damaged

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36
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3 strategies of China for prosperity and security

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Nativist- to isolate China
Selective modernizer- Confucian and western technology
Iconoclastic modernizer- need fundamental changes to political system

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37
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How did the xinhai revolution happen?

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Social conditions, ideological preparation, organizational preparation, railway protection movement

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38
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Sun Yat-Sen’s 3 principles of the people

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Nationalism, democracy, people’s livelihood

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39
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Sun Yat-sen’s nationalism principle

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End foreign imperialism

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40
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Sun Yat-sen’s democracy principle

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Tutelage period then government by people; 5-Yuan system

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Sun Yat-Sen’s people’s livelihood principle

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Progressivism and socialism; land to tillers, common ownership, achieved gradually

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42
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Yuan Shi-Kai era

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Yuan is president, deadlock with parliament so “2nd revolution”; yuan becomes emperor then dies

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43
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Why was there a warlordism period in China?

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Yuan death and weak central leadership

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44
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Precipating factor of May 4 movement:

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National humiliation because 21 demands and treaty of Versailles

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45
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21 demands

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Japan tries to make China a procterate

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46
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Treaty of Versailles

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China could not abolish concessions

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47
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May 4 movement

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Students protest

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48
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1st United front

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CCP had propaganda and mobilized workers and peasants; Chiang Kai-shek had military force

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KMT golden decade accomplishments

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China unified/warlords defeated; economy developed

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Challenges to KMT rule

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Corruption/organizational weakness, communists, japanese

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51
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Mukden incident

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Japan invaded Manchuria

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52
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Marco Polo bridge incident

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1937; began was w/ China and Japan

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53
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Daimyo

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Hereditary; economic/military/police powers

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54
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Samurai

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Aristocracy

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55
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Pre-Tokugawa culture

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Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto

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Pre-Tokugawa external relations

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China- tributary; korea- attempts to invade; west- limited to missionaries and trade

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57
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First shogun

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Tokugawa ieyasu

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How did the Tokugawa shogunate consolidate rule with imperial family?

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enhance prestige, control emperor

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How did the Tokugawa shogunate consolidate rule with daimyo?

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: 1 castle per domain, oath of loyalty, forbade alliances, approve marriage, relocate, alternate attendance

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60
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Fudai

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Hereditary, filled administration

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61
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Roxana

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Outsiders

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62
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Shinpan

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Non-daimyo relatives

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How did the Tokugawa shogunate consolidate rule with samurai?

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Detach from land and sword

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64
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How did the Tokugawa shogunate consolidate rule with commoners?

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Registration

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65
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How did the Tokugawa shogunate consolidate rule with outside?

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Closed country

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66
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Tokugawa internal crises:

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Ecological, merit v hereditary, debt

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Tokugawa external crises

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Perry expedition/treaty of kanagawa

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Treaty of kanagawa

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Open ports to trade, limit tariffs, extraterritoriality

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Impact of external crises of Tokugawa

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Economic instability led to social unrest, bafuku weakness, anti-Tokugawa daimyo, increase power/autonomy of daimyo

70
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Why could bafuku reforms not save itself?

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Powerful daimyos would not subordinate and samurai reforms/consolidated power to defeat Tokugawa

71
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How did the Meiji restoration modernize and westernize?

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Constitution (German) Diet, abolishing feudal system, strong army (conscription, modern army/navy), emperor legal authority enhanced, modern education system, rich (tax reform, modern banking, industrialization)

72
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Charter oath

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1968; national deliberative assembly, not elected, 2 houses

73
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Meiji constitution

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1869; consultative assembly

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Meiji restoration economic reform

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Land tax, build infrastructure, establish and run enterprises

75
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Why did Meiji restoration establish and run enterprises?

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Foreign capital dangerous, private sector lacks know-how

76
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Result of Meiji restoration private enterprises

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Lost $ so privatized leading to zaibatsu

77
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Japan’s trajectory to militarism and imperialism

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1870s-1880s try to invade korea
1874 expedition to Taiwan
1894-95 Sino-japanese war
1904-05 Russo-japanese war
1910 annex korea
78
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Issues in korea

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Military advisors sent to King Kojong and were killed, so a reformist backed by Japan Kim Ok-Kyun tried to kill King, Koreans retaliated

79
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Osaka incident

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1885; japanese police secret mission to Korean stopped by Meiji gov, had to pull out military

80
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Tonghak peasant rebellion in Korea

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Japan sent troops and took over palace, declared war on China-> Sino-Japanese war

81
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Meiji diet politics

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Bicameral; House of Representatives elected, 1/3 samurai and House of Peers

82
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controversial issues of Meiji diet

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Weak factory protections, unfair household tax, lack of suffrage

83
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Tokyo riots

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1905 because Russo war was expensive and deadly

84
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Politics of taisho democracy

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Popular support; compromises

85
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3 parties of taisho democracy

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Seiyukai, kensekai, minseito

86
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Why did parliamentary politics work in taisho democracy?

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allies with bureaucrats and military; shared social terms with elites; pork-barrel; shared political attitudes

87
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Why did parliamentary politics fail in taisho democracy?

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Emperor’s constitutional role; no accountability for military and bureaucracy; oligarchs/elder statesmen; political terror; ideological challenges

88
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End of taisho democracy because of

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Great Depression, increased social conflict, increase military influence, political terror

89
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Military-centers Japan

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Decreased party influence, increases military influence, expansion in China

90
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New order in Japan

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Mobilize for war; industry monopolies; cohesive party; fight of modernity

91
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How did the May 4 movement lead to communism in China?

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Rise of nationalism, first mass movement, ideological and organizational preparation

92
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Legacies of revolutionary struggle

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Communist China and ROC in Taiwan, different pattern than Russia, Mao’s status, party controls military, party has rural membership, survived hardship, campaigns, linkage with masses

93
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Paths to power of CCP

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Labor mobilization, United front with GMD, adapt to countryside, long march, Yan’an era, fighting a civil war

94
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Jingang Mountains, Mao’s 4 crucial ideas

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Land reform, politics among peasants, govern territory under CCP, military in countryside

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Long march

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Mao gained leadership, became heroic myth, strategic location to Yan’an

96
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Why was Yan’an a good strategic location?

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Small communist base, beyond GMD military, base in N China once Japan drove out GMD

97
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Yan’an era major developments

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Consolidate Mao’s personal rule, party constitution, thought reform

98
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Yan’an Complex/party values

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Decentralized rule, ideology to keep cadres loyal, close ties with local populace, officials with broad leadership, egalitarianism

99
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GMD/CCP civil war

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Japan collapse, GMD attains CCP in cities, CCP recruits peasants with land reform and uses guerrilla war; Huai-Hai campaign drove out of Beijing, then CCP switched to conventional warfare, rehab economy and undid land reform

100
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How did CCP rise to power?

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Political mobilization, GMD lacks focus, Japan invasion

101
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Immediate impacts of japanese surrender

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Erasing evidence, “recreation and amusement centers”, economic opportunities/entrepreneurship, food shortages

102
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American demilitarization of Japan

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Disband armed forces and higher police, Tokyo trial, “clean the soil of militarism”

103
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“Clean the soil of militarism”

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Smash authoritarian rule, equalize political rights and wealth, transform values

104
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American democratization of Japan

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Peace construction, reform zaibatsu, reform school system

105
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1955 system

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LD+DP=LDP; iron triangle

106
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Why american reverse course with Japan?

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Cold War and communist expansion

107
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American shift in policy in japan with reverse course

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Scale back dissolving zaibatsu, weaken labor movements, national police force, crackdown JCP

108
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Problems remaining in Japan after american occupation

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Okinawa, ROC/PRC not present, SU walk out

109
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Economic recovery in Japan after WWII

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Primary production program, dodge line: balance budget, suspend state loans, abolish state subsidies; Korean War: american military orders

110
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Japan postwar constitution

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Universal suffrage, emperor is symbolic only, bill of rights, abolished peerage, outlaw war

111
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Japan post-war diet

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House of reps and house of councilors

112
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Constitutional monarchy in Japan 1955 system

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Constitution, emperor, parliamentary democracy (Diet and cabinet and PM

113
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House of Representatives in Japan pre-reform

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4 year term can be dissolved, single non-transferable vote

114
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Single non-transferable vote

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Several seats per district, voter gets one vote, top candidates elected

115
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Factors eroding Japan 1955 system

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Corruption scandals, economic bubble, welfare to aging society, momentum to electoral reform

116
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Political struggles in 1950s and 1960s

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Constitution: role of emperor, prohibition on military, US relations: independence, peace movement, nuclear disarmament, labor movement: cooperative and militant unions

117
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Politics of accommodation 1960s and 1970s

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Income doubling plan, LDP grow base with farmers and workers

118
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Japan’s relations with US

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Interdependence, Okinawa returned, 1971 Nixon shocks, trade disputes

119
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Trade disputes between Japan and US

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Japan made concessions (companies produce in US), 1988 super 301 clause, 1985 plaza accord

120
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1988 super 301 clause

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Asking Japan to constrain exports to US and open its domestic markets

121
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1985 plaza accord

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Appreciate Yen 100%, products more expensive and less competitive

122
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Relations with Asia and Japan 1955 system

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Improve with investment, official development assistance (ODA)

123
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Features of formal authority structure of PRC

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Dual rule of party and state, party leading role, standing office system for delegation of authority and hierarchical structure of authority: vertical lines and horizontal blocks

124
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Organizational principles of CCP

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Democratic centralism, collective leadership, and mass line

125
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CCP strategies

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survived hardship: strategy and will; adaptability, strength to overcome difficulties, campaigns: political organizational and spiritual strength, and linkage with masses

126
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Why did CCP continue the revolution?

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Mobilize mass support for national construction, to transform China into a communist society and suppress regime opponents

127
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Functional pre-requisites for continuing revolution

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Charismatic leadership, mass mobilization, structure of authority: party-state and military

128
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Sources of Mo thought

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Marxism-Leninism and Chinese history

129
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Features of Maoism

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Prominence of ideology, voluntarism, contradictions (solve with struggle), class struggle (social relations by personal ties, political attitude to class status), mass line and anti-intellectualism, self-reliance

130
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3 anti

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Anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy

131
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5 anti

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Anti-bribery, anti-theft of state property, anti-tax evasion, anti-cheating gov contracts, anti-stealing state econ info

132
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Consequences of Great Leap Forward

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Economic disaster, great famine, Mao criticized

133
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4 clean ups following Great Leap Forward

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Countryside- accounts, inventory, financial affairs, work points
Urban- politics, economy, organization, ideology

134
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Consequences of 4 cleanups

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Failure so led to cultural revolution

135
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Treaty of shimonoseiki

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Following first Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan to Japan

136
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KMT retreat to Taiwan

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Moving wealth, declaring martial law, tutelage period, reconstruct the party to grow membership, freeze out Taiwanese

137
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Reasons for Taiwan economic development

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Reduce barriers of education and entrepreneurship, admin guide economic development, US and foreign support

138
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How did Taiwan admin guide economic development?

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Import substitution strategy, land reform

139
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Taiwan land reform

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Rent reduction, sale of public lands, land to tiller

140
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Japanese colonial period of korea

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South- agricultural, north- industrial; recruit Korean soldiers to army; “comfort women”; modern education

141
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Korean War

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South collapse within days-> UN/UN intervention->containment->armistice

142
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Kim Il-Sung

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Founder, 1st and only President

143
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Kim Jung-Il

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Dear leader

144
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Kim Jong-Un

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Current supreme leader

145
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Supreme People’s Assembly

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DPRK’s legislative body; 687 seats, 5 yr terms, picked by Democratic Front for Reunification of the Fatherland (coalition)

146
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DPRK ideological foundation

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Chuch’e, mass line, songun, personality cult

147
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Chuch’e

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Self-reliance in defense, Independence in politics, self-sustaining economy

148
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Songun

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Military comes first

149
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SK 1st Republic

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1948-1960; american influence, democratic system, civil rights, strong president

150
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South Korea constitution

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July 12, 1948

151
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Syngman Rhee

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First elected President of SK; machiavellie autocrat; SK nonfunctioning, dependent on US aid, rebellions-> suppress civil rights

152
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SK 2nd Republic

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1960-61; came from 1960 Righteous Student Uprising; more free, short lived

153
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1960 righteous student uprising causes

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Rhee election fraud and student death

154
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SK 1960 constitution

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Bicameral, responsive cabinet, more civil liberties

155
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SK 3rd republic

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1963-72; from Park Chung-Lee military coup

156
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SK 4th republic

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1972-79; economic takeoff

157
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Yusin constitution

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SK 4th republic; increases Park’s control, permanent presidency

158
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Why did SK 4th republic see an economic takeoff?

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5 year plans, import substitution, Japan and US aid

159
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SK 5th republic

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1979-87; Chun- Doo-hwan took over in a coup; Gwangju Democratization Movement; new constitution

160
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Gwangju democratization movement

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Students v police-> citywide protests->Gwangju massacre->Chub dissolved National Assembly and created national defense emergency policy committee

161
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SK 5th republic constitution

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President has indirect election and 1 7-yr term

162
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SK 6th republic

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1987- ; democratization, Roh-Tae-Woo, constitutional referendum for presidential direct election

163
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NK path of development

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Industrialization, rapid 1950s-1970s then slow down; agricultural development- mechanization, fertilizer, irrigation; famine since 1990s

164
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SK path of development

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Slow down with Rhee; growth with Park and Chun; industrialized because import-substitution, US/Japan capital and chaebols

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Chaebols

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SK business conglomerate; developed new relations with government and source of growth

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