Modern Events of China

Modern Events of China

Multiple Choice

Which term below means organized on the basis of ownership by the people or the state rather than private ownership or involvement.

• Collectivize

• Nuclear Proliferation

• Acceded

Multiple Choice

The Great Leap Forward was meant to increase in industrial and agricultural production. What was one of the negative affects of this idea?

• The Chinese Economy would improve

• The agricultural reforms cause one of the largest famines in human history, with an estimated 30 million deaths

• The Chinese people could work more.

Multiple Choice

Why were people limited to only having one child in China?

• The houses were too small for more than one child.

• Justin Bieber did not like children

• The population was over 900 million and there was not enough room

• The government did not want kids to change the way things were done.

Multiple Choice

What could happen if families had more than one child?

• The child would be taken away

• The child would be put up for adoption

• Officials would not register the children and they may not get benefits like education.

• The child would be forced to work in underground cities.

Multiple Choice

What is a positive affect of having the Olympics in a country?

• More money coming into the economy.

• Justin Bieber might show up and sign autographs.

• China could cheat and win all of the events.

Multiple Choice

Which one is the best way to summarize China and Nuclear Proliferation?

• China destroyed all of their nuclear weapons.

• China does not want to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

• China was secretive about their weapons and helped other countries get nuclear weapons but eventually signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Multiple Choice

China has had to deal with a lot of health issues. Which one has been the worst health problem?

• SARS

• Covid-19

• Bird Flu

Multiple Choice

During which health issue did China keep information from the public?

• Bird Flu

• Covid-19

• SARs

Multiple Choice

During which health issue did China keep information from the public?

• Bird Flu

• Covid-19

• SARs

Hong Kong Protests

2019-Present

Hong Kong History

• Hong Kong has a special status...

  It's important to remember that Hong Kong is significantly different from other Chinese cities. To understand this, you need to look at its history.

• It was a British colony for more than 150 years - part of it, Hong Kong island, was ceded to the UK after a war in 1842. Later, China also leased the rest of Hong Kong - the New Territories - to the British for 99 years.

• Then, in the early 1980s, as the deadline for the 99-year-lease approached, Britain and China began talks on the future of Hong Kong - with the communist government in China arguing that all of Hong Kong should be returned to Chinese rule.

Multiple Choice

What other country besides China ruled over Hong Kong?

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

• Australia

Multiple Choice

How long did Britain lease (rent) Hong Kong for?

• 60 years

• 100 years

• 99 years

• 99 luftballoons

Hong Kong returns to China

• The two sides (Britain and China) signed a treaty in 1984 that would see Hong Kong return to China in 1997, under the principle of "one country, two systems".

• This meant that while becoming part of one country with China, Hong Kong would enjoy "a high degree of autonomy (independence), except in foreign and defense affairs" for 50 years.

• As a result, Hong Kong has its own legal system and borders, and rights including freedom of assembly, free speech and freedom of the press are protected

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE: In Hong Kong, freedoms such as free speech and freedom of the press were protected.

• TRUE

• FALSE

...but things are changing

• Hong Kong still enjoys freedoms not seen in mainland China - but they are widely thought to be on the decline.

• Rights groups have accused China of meddling in Hong Kong.

• There are also accusations that press and academic freedoms have been deteriorating. In March 2019, China effectively expelled several US journalists - but also prohibited them from working in Hong Kong.

Most people in Hong Kong don't see themselves as Chinese

• While most people in Hong Kong are ethnic Chinese, and although Hong Kong is part of China, a majority of people there don't identify as Chinese.

• Surveys from the University of Hong Kong show that most people identify themselves as "Hong Kongers" - only 11% would call themselves "Chinese" - and 71% of people say they do not feel proud about being Chinese citizens.

• The difference is particularly pronounced amongst the young.

• Some young activists have even called for Hong Kong's independence from China, something that alarms the Beijing government.

Multiple Choice

What do most people in Hong Kong consider themselves as?

• Chinese

• Mongolian

• Hong Kongers

• King Kongers

Multiple Choice

What do some young people want Hong Kong to do?

• become independent from China

• become fully part of China

• become independent from Great Britain

How did the latest crisis escalate?

• In June 2019, protesters took to the streets again, demonstrating against plans to allow extraditions (taking people from Hong Kong to mainland China with force) . This time, clashes between police and activists became increasingly violent.

• In April 2020, Hong Kong police arrested 15 of the city's most high-profile pro-democracy activists for taking part in unauthorized assemblies.

• The street protests have mostly died down during the coronavirus pandemic, although some small demonstrations, including singing protesters in shopping malls, have started again as restrictions are gradually eased.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Protests in Hong Kong never became violent.

• TRUE

• FALSE