China

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China
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China
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China

• Long history
• 1911 Republic of China
• Nationalists v. Communists
• Mao Zedong and the Long March
• Chinese Revolution of 1949
• Mainland China v. Taiwan

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Politics

• CCP
• Cleavages
• Social class
• urban/rurql
• Gini index 33 in 1970, 49 in 2005

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Policies

• Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
• Market sets most prices
• Small and medium-sized state enterprises that
  fail will be shut down. Workers lose benefits.
• China will compete in the global marketplace.
• China will remain socialist.
• Large state-owned enterprises kept open
• State ownership of farm land.

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