Jiang Zemin 1989 – 2002

Faced with a series of problems after Tiananmen Square and the Deng Xiaoping era, what did Jiang Zemin do to modernise China and how successful was he?

1989 – General Secretary of the Party
1992 – introduced ‘socialist market economy’
– Deng Xioaping’s Southern Tour
1993 – President of China
1997 – state visit to USA
– death of Deng Xioaping
1999 – crackdown against Falun Gong
2002 – retirement

Jiang Zemin: BBC biography

Key Question;

To what extent did the changes under Jiang resolve the issues raised by the Tiananmen Square protests?'
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Plan this as a dead fish style essay. You should consider carefully:
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- What were the specific challenges that China faced in 1989 - Social, Economic, Cultural.
- What changes did Jiang make.
- How far did the changes alleviate the problems of pre Tiananmen China?


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China’s impact on the region 1989 -2005
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Your task is to create a briefing paper for new teachers to the WIS entitled China’s impact on the region 1989 -2005. You must include:
  • A map of the region
  • Sections on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea and Russia.
  • You will need to consider Trade, culture, media and sport, tourism, diplomatic relations
  • You will need a variety of media (pictures / photos / statistics / explanations)
  • You need to explain the positive and negative impacts of the developments in China after Tiananmen.
  • Why Hong Kong is the best choice for them in this region!

Taiwan: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16164639

Hong Kong (return of Hong Kong to China 1997): 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16517764

Google Book - Select carefully

A good overview and a simple site:
http://www.johndclare.net/China13.htm

A summary of China’s border agreements:
http://www.china-briefing.com/news/specialreport/chinas-borders ​