POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Deng Xiaoping, Communist Party Of China, Authoritarianism
Document Summary
The people"s wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible. premier wen jia- The idea of democracy is not foreign to china there have been many attempts. China"s population was rising and people were becoming poor. By 1850 china"s population was half a billion people. China was also experiencing an economic crises was dependent on an export economy: was a very poor country. Nationalist revolution manchurians were the ones that came in and created the qing dynasty: revolution was an opportunity for the chinese to stand up to outsiders. Over throw of the emperor in 1911 doesn"t abdicate until 1912. China is now a real modern country with a modern chinese president. Presidents main goal was to rebuild china and have it reemerge from its chaos. Reform china according to 3 principles: nation no longer an imperial dynasty.