Category: HST271

For my Show and Tell 4, I wanted to talk about President Richard Nixon going to China and trying to build a relationship with China. On February 28, 1972, President Richard Nixon visited China, becoming the first U.S. president since the communist revolution in 1949. The visit was a major diplomatic breakthrough, as the two…

This week was short, but on Wednesday, I chose the pdf that talks about Lei Feng, a soldier whose diary shows him as a true devotee to Mao and socialism, and he was held up as a model for all to follow. He was a communist man who others should follow because he was selfless,…

On Wednesday, I had exploration two, which was relations with the USSR, and my group and I were given three pictures that we were changing the order that would appeal to the people better and also changed the meaning of the poster so that it would sound more appealing to the audience as well and…

Last week in class we learned about World War Two and the Civil War in China, and it was fascinating to learn about a different side of World War Two because we never got the chance to learn about the eastern part of World War Two. July 7th, 1937, can be considered the first battle…

Before Springbreak, everyone in class made a timeline from 1900 to 1940. Most of the changes in China started when the Manchu Government lost power in 1911. Then in 1917, the Bolsheviks took power in Russia, which was a social democratic group before power and became to be known as the Communist party. We also…

This week in class we learned about the end of the Qing dynasty. On Wednesday I had exploration pack two which talked about how Europeans saw the Chinese during World War One and how much different they were from the Westerners. The Chinese were hard-working, and a quote from Strangers on the Western Front “Many…

https://prezi.com/view/dofb7k4mphwXpfqHE3yp/ Bibliography: “Coin Value: China Yunnan Silver Tael and Half Tael 1943.” Accessed February 28, 2023. https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=21504. Editors, History com. “Taiping Rebellion.” HISTORY, September 13, 2022. https://www.history.com/topics/china/taiping-rebellion. “Hong Xiuquan | Chinese Prophet and Rebel | Britannica,” January 1, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hong-Xiuquan. NID.W. “Taiping Rebellion.” World History, April 16, 2020. https://www.wrldhistry.com/taiping-rebellion/. Accessed February 28, 2023. http://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20018/992. Burton,…

This week’s class discussed what happened from 1860 to 1905 and how new technologies impacted China. China tried adapting western techniques and ideas to improve China, such as ships, factories, and new schools. They also tried to use constitutional structures, like other western countries. Many scholar-officials liked the American congressional and presidential system, and one…

This week in class we discussed the reforms and immigration in China because it was time for some change. During this period, China was going through a ton of reforms since China’s leaders were now acknowledging the existence of a much larger world, and the Office of Management of Business of All Foreign Countries(Zongli Yamen)…

I had exploration pack one for week four: Memorials on opium, Taiping Religious Verses. It talks about how opium affects the body and how it can become very addictive because it states, “When anyone is long habituated to inhaling it, it becomes necessary to resort to it at regular intervals, and the habit of using…