From Empire to People’s Republic and From Village ….ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Go West Initiative Hydro stations planned for construction from 1987 on Water Availability Per Capita, 2007 Muslim Province of Xinjiang Peasant migrant workers in cities China: urban population * * * .au/icsc2004/symposia/1/5/2085_deng-1.gif* * * http://www.clw.csiro.au/ReVegIH/image_maps/14.JPG* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * State-making Strategy and Regional Development from late Qing Empire to People’s Republic of China Wensheng Wang Department of History UH Manoa Lower Yangzi Delta:Economic and Cultural Heartland of China after the 11th century China’s loess plateau Loess soil in north and northwest China(loess-fine wind-driven earth) Building dikes on the Yellow River “ “Suspended River” Granary System:Transporting rice to famine area Geographical pattern of population growth Route of Taiping Advance 1851-3 Taiping Regime at its Height Nian rebellion in North China(1852 – 68) Muslim Rebellions in Xinjiang(1854–73, 1866-77) The People’s Communeis good! Speed up the mechanization of agriculture, 1960 Developing Heavy Industry “Steel industry is the foundation of all industries” ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hukou (residence card) Employment, medicare Retirement, housing, education, birth A sculpture showing the start of the “Household responsibility system”November 24, 1978 The rise of Township and Village Enterprises State?owned factories Chinas Signing World Trade Agreement, 2001 Shenzhen at Night * * * .au/icsc2004/symposia/1/5/2085_deng-1.gif* * * http://www.clw.csiro.au/ReVegIH/image_maps/14.JPG* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *