Tang Dynasty History

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, in a peasant family in Shaoshan, central China. He was a Chinese communist Party leader from 1935 until his death in 1976, and he was a chairman of the People 's Republic of China, which he governed from its establishment in 1949 to 1959. Mao Zedong occupied a critical place in the story of the country’s resurgence. His motivations were to make China classless country and to promote the Cultural Revolution, he also wanted to make China great, modernized and strong country. Mao Zedong was a great leader because he changed China in a much better country by transforming it into a modern nation, strengthening the economy, and achieved gender equality.

The essay will compare and contrast government between the Qin dynasty and the Tang dynasty. Both Dynasties have a great influences in Chinese Dynasty History. First of all, the Qin was the first dynasty of imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BCE. Its founder was Qin Shi Huang Di, who created the title “Huang Di” and this title was wildly used by later dynasties. During the Qin period, the administrator was seeking to create an imperial state which was consolidated by highly centralized imperial power and the ruler put heavy tax to support military power.

Taoism is a religion from China that believed death is simply the transportation from being living to nonliving. Before the Yuan dynasty began, the Song dynasty ruled parts of China. Following the Yuan dynasty came the Ming dynasty. Today, the Yuan dynasty is known for the Yuan coins, and dollars. The Yuan Dharma is the most outstanding literary pieces in China.

Sui Yangdi was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, established by his father Yang Jian, “after nearly four centuries of internal division” (Duiker and Spielvogel 314; ed.8) that was left after the fall of the Han. Both Yangdi and his father were well known for their construction projects such as the Great Canal. The Sui also affected the nearby countries by putting them on guard, as Yangdi tried to conquer its nearby neighbor countries despite failing multiple times. The goal of this paper is to describe how the Yangdi came to power, his legacy to the Chinese and his effect on outside civilizations. As previously stated, the Sui dynasty came to be after China was in a period of instability, thus the fact that it was able to be rejoined was a huge achievement for the empire.

K’ang-hsi was an extremely successful emperor during his reign. Coming to power at the age of eight, K’ang-hsi has one of the longest reigns to date. This notable Manchu emperor of the Qing Dynasty ruled for sixty-one years from 1661-1722. K’ang-hsi was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and helped restore China’s wealth. In addition to upholding the traditions of China, K’ang-hsi was also the reason for many positive social and economic changes for China.

This historical analysis will define the imperial impact of French colonialism and the influence of Chinese communism and on the Vietnamese people in the pre-WWII era. The important role of China in the development of Vietnam’s history is crucial to understand the ways in which foreign colonists could not sustain dominance over these peoples. In the past, Northern Vietnam had been a part of China, which defines the close relationship that these people had with a larger and more powerful empire in this region of the world. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the role of China’s own nationalist movements had an impact on Vietnam’s own struggles in French-Indochina. The early focus on “nationalism” in China was going against western

Gaozu, the founder of the Han dynasty was the first low-ranked official to found a dynasty in imperial China. In 209BC, Gaozu spearheaded the rebellion against the tyrannical practices of the Qin dynasty. The changes enacted by the Han’s first emperor are central to understanding the political rule and authority in Han China due to the fact that the rulers that succeeded him follow suit in a majority of his policies. Throughout

CCCH9006 China’s Modernisation In The East Asian Context Discuss the implications of these events on China’s modernisation process. - Taiping Rebellion - 1911 Revolution Wu Tien-hsuan 2013500516 Tutorial Group: Tuesday 13:30-14:20   In the modern world, China is only second to the U.S.A. in economic scale. According to the World Bank (2014), the GDP of China has risen from 8.227 trillion USD (2012) to 9.24 trillion USD (2013). The process China has been through to reach such a high economic role in globalization is a long term development. Although the sovereign PRC was established in 1949, the modernization process can be long traced back to more than a century ago when Qing Dynasty was still ruling China.

THE OPIUM WARS And its Affect on America The Dream of Trade Throughout the 19th century, Americans dreamed of exploiting China 's market. Especially after the United States expanded to the West Coast, prospects for a lucrative and expanding Far Eastern trade energized U.S. merchants and manufacturers. However China 's imperial government took steps to discourage international trade. When U.S. merchant ships first began arriving in the Far East in the 1780s, they were restricted to trading only through Hong Kong, on the South Coast of China. That restriction persisted for another half century, preventing the China trade from rising above a minute percent of U.S. global commerce.

When the American Congress passed these laws to curb Chinese immigration, the Chinese population in decreased from over 140,000 to 75,000. The Chinese family life became difficult, with husbands working in the Unites States, while wives and children stayed in China. Most Chinese Americans linked the divided and weakened China to the unfair treatment of Chinese people in America. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first immigration law on the basis of race in American history. It set a precedent that unfair treatment of another race was alright in America.