HIST 2752H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Millenarianism, Tet Offensive, Indochinese Communist Party
5 Apr 2016
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Early history: chinese colonizaion: 111 bce 938 ce, became a vassal state of china. Vietnam = tribute state of china: cultural borrowing: confucianism. Indochina: vietnam, laos and cambodia: 1859-1945/1954, naionalist and ani-colonial challenge, vietnamese naionalist party, 1927, leader: nguyen thai hoc. Staged an uprising against the french and the french were able to put down the rebellion with no issue- leader was be-headed: cao dai. 1920s- sill exists in vietnam and abroad: hoa hao: millenarian buddhist movement. People believe that ater 1000 years the order will be destroyed and a new order will be established. Founded by huynh phu so- claimed to be the future buddha coming to rescue society. Means the present order (under the french) must be corrupt: indochinese communist party, 1930. Ho chi minh, 1890-1969: wrote under diferent names, had many names over ime. Living in paris ater the first world war.
