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areas
mainland - people's republic of china
taiwan - taipei - republic of china - island of formosa
hong kong

mandate of heaven
bureaucratic empire
warlords 1916-11927
republic of china est 1912
1927 china unified
wwII
rural revolution of 1949
mao zedong 1949-76 - rule of personality
cultural revolution 66-76 - mobilized red guards not accountable to anyone except mao, destroyed system, ends with mao's death in 76

institutions
CCP - chinese communist party
	national party congress, 2200, similar to NPC
	central committee, 200, selected from NPC, selects members of polituro
	polituro, 20
	standing committee, 5-7
	SG, ex-chairman (secretary general)
STATE
	president, head of state, typically #1 in CCP, from SC
	prime minister, typically #2 in CCP, from SC
	state council, general overlap with those in polituro
	national people's congress, institution that "officially" creates legislature, most handed down from NPC and rubberstamped, plays more active role recently, debates now happening, but still just approve
	

no transparency in decisionmaking
behind closed doors
emerge with decision

leaders after mao
Deng Xiaoping - lived 1904-1997, in and out of power
	one of the intellectual leaders of the revolution, close ally of mao
	by 1950's, member of polituro
	victim of cultural revolution, not protected, denounced as counter revolutionary, kicked out of party, also disgraces family
	his son becomes harrassed and repressed by red guard, was paralyzed
	returns to communist party after mao's death in 77
	late 70s till death, considered top decisionmaker "invisible puppeteer", head of military of china
	1989 tiananmen square - about freedom of speech, student uprising, demand reform, same time as fall of berlin wall, breakup of ussr, end of cold war
	zhao ziyang apologizes to students, ignored students, pushed out of the party, now generally under house arrest, died in 2005
Jiang Zemin GS - 1989-2002, pres - 1993-2003
	china joins WTO
	stepped down at end of term, but still active in politics
Hu Jintao GS 2002+, pres 2003+
	maintain strong communist dominance in politics, but starting to liberalize economy
	
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