P.E.R.S.I.A.N Chart East Asia (1900-Now)
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- After World War II, the U.S occupied Japan. Douglas MacArthur basically instructed the Japanese people how to set up their government. Their government is very similar to the United States it has a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government and a separate judiciary.
- In China the cultural revolution ended in 1976 with the death of Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaping gained power in 1977 after his death. He wanted to restore economic growth in China.
- Under Deng, the Chinese government established diplomatic relations with the U.S, increased China's world trade, made reforms, released many prisoners and reduced the police force's power. Even with theses efforts the government was still not willing to give up any of its basic power.
- In 1989 Chinese troops stormed through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese government assault on the protesters shocked the West and brought denunciations and sanctions from the United States.
- They protested the political reforms given by Deng Xiaoping. Most of the protesters were students seeking a western way of life (democracy).
- Today, Xi Jinping is president of the People's Republic of China.
- In 1947 North and South Korea, officially proclaimed themselves as two separate nations.
- The Soviet Union helped develop the communist state of North Korea.
- The Korean War was fought for 3 years after after North Korea invaded South Korea.
- South Korea is a democracy and their government is modeled after the United States.
- Today Kim Jong-Un is the dictator of North Korea and Park Geun-hye is the President of South Korea, and she is the first woman to be elected as president.
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- Today Japan tops the list of the most high tech country in the world. East Asia itself, with the exception of North Korea, all have booming economies.
- The Great Depression not only affected the United States but East Asia as well, because of its dependence on trade with the U.S and Europe. In both Japan and China unemployment and poverty rose.
- Trade with capitalist nations was encouraged in China although it still operated under a communist government.
- After World War II Japan's economy began to grow as many factories were rebuilt.
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- Buddhism, generally, continues to be a major influence in Chinese religious life. In the earlier part of the twentieth century, there was an attempt to modernize and reform the tradition in order to attract wider support.
- In the 1960's Buddhism was suppressed. This was done under the order of the Peoples Republic of China. Many Buddhist priests and followers laid low, but recently Buddhism is making a come back.
- Japan's principal religions are Shinto and Buddhism; most Japanese practice both faiths. While the development of Shinto was radically altered by the influence of Buddhism, which was brought from China in the 6th cent.
- After the Qing Dynasty fell in 1911, Muslims were able to practice their faith. However, during the Cultural Revolution in China (1966 – 1976), religion in all its forms was brutally suppressed, which included the defacement of mosques and other places of worship.
- Christianity in China has grown since the economic reform in the 1970's loosened their control. However, religious practices are still tightly controlled by the government. China developed "China Christian Council" to monitor Christianity in China.
- Many Chinese people practice Christianity in their homes secretly.
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- The cultural revolution took place in China from 1966-1976, it was the coming forth of communism completely.
- Trading aloud Women in East Asia to play a more important role in society. They were able to obtain more important jobs. In the democratic countries they also found their way into office.
- The marriage law of 1950, guaranteed the equality of sexes in marriage.
- China soon overpopulated to the Peoples Republic of China developed the One Child Policy in 1979. It stated that families could only have one child. Recently China has announced that they are relaxing on the policy.
- Unlike America, Japan is a very homogeneous country.
- Few societies have changed as rapidly or as dramatically since the end of World War II as that of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). When the war ended in 1945, the great majority of the people living in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula were poor peasants.
- Now South Korea is booming with industry and urbanization.
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- East Asia can be looked at as the world leader in technological advances.
- The floppy disk was invented by Japanese inventor Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu in 1952. It was commercialized in 1971.
- Before the iPod, portable music was carried in cassettes and listened to on the Walkman, invented by Japanese inventor Nobutoshi Kihara in 1978.
- Ken Kutaragi was credited for inventing the original PlayStation console in 1994.
- South Korean youth replace cell phones every 11 months.
- South Korea became the first country to launch digital TV (DMV--Digital Media Broadcasting) to cell phones on May 16, 2005.
- South Koreans pay for their broadband at the lowest rates in the world.
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- After Modern art hit the western scene China soon followed.
- Li Kuchan, born in Gaotang County of Shandong Province, was a great painter, calligrapher and art educator. During the early years, he studied Western painting techniques in an art school in Beijing. Li well combined Western techniques and spirituality with traditional painting.
- Japan is a hotbed for contemporary architecture with lots of eye-catching creations mainly in the leading cities, especially Tokyo.
- Star architects include Ando Tadao, who has won numerous architectural prizes and has designed many buildings both in Japan and abroad.
- In China new apartment, office, and government buildings regularly rise up over older neighborhoods, and thousands have relocated to modern housing complexes.
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- East Asia's climate is similar to the United States in that it is a temperate climate, with colder winters and warm summers.
- Rice, the primary cereal crop grown in East Asia, is particularly suited to the warm, wet growing season.
- Japans is an island.
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