crap...she delved into the lecture when i wasn't paying attention
taiwan, claims to have the true chinese government
china claims taiwan is just a province
china has 1/5 of world's population
history with russian empire
isolation marked by mountainous terrain
history of strong empire with great challenges in keeping control over the entire area
similar to russia
development of bureaucratic empire, rule by mandarins
linked to the center of the empire, sent out to rule provinces, in charge of implementing emperor's wishes
by 1800's working fairly well, but increased contact from west
long boundry with india, big hit from british controlled india, britain wanted to expand
mandarins lose control
several years where no one was really in control
different claims to leadership
	empire
	warlordism
		variation of feudalism
		split into territories
		no central authority
		no clear boundries
		fighting to establish, expand, or defend bounds
	communists
		intellectually the same as those in USSR
		huge emphasis on countryside, opposite of USSR commies
	nationalists
		more traditionalist
		want new republic of china
		want to be part of capitalist world system
		briefly worked with commies in 1920s to defend against foreign threats, japan, britain
	republic - 1912

period of authoritarian regime under Mao ZeDong between 1949-1976, ruled until death
66-76 is particularly authoritarian
cultural revolution - want to remove stale social structures, ability to question authority, lots of lawlessness, youth encouraged to form Red Guards
book explains difference in rule of law, or rule by law, by -> whims of ruler, no reasons, not written
	of -> typical law process as in US
causes breakdown of some political mechanisms
CR ends with death of ZeDong
chinese legal code wasn't written down until the 70s