POL101Y1 Lecture : POL101 Lecture #7
Document Summary
The people s wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible. premier. Prospects for china, not going to be democratic; no reason to be. More transparent voting, more accountability; but not democracy. Should governments of other countries criticize china for its human rights record to encourage. End of the qing dynasty (beginning of the 20th century) 1895 war with japan (defeated) war reparation to japan. Huge defeat for the chinese pride (5000 year old civilization) Population crisis, growing economically, but the population was growing rapidly as well (people getting poorer) 1850, 500 million people. 19 century economic and technology backward (poor country) Nationalist revolution the rulers of china weren t chinese, rather it was an outside power (way for the chinese to stand up against those outside oppressors) Sun yat-sen republican revolution (for the first time, china was a country) made/appointed the provisional president.
