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Changes in government 1900-1949 (Deng Xiaoping  (1978-1989) (one child…

- - - - great leap forward, 600 000 backyard furnaces
        
        privately owned businesses controlled by government + major construction projects
    - - lack of incentive to farm more then minimum
    - - red guards/ attacks on "four olds"
        
        party members seen as corrupt expelled+ humiliated
    - - great famine/ no property rights
        
        20 million dead
    - - increase in proportion of women in workforce+ government (12% of deputies in national peoples congress women, 29% of workers)
- - - - Guangxu's policy of the hundred day reform' was strongly opposed by his aunt. Cixi and her supporters seized control and ended the reforms
        Cixi encouraged attacks on the foreigners to avoid criticism
      - Empress Dowager Cixi, declared war on foreigners but were unable to defeat the defences of the legation.
      - Cixi and the emperor disguised themselves and fled south to Xian: Their authority had been severely damaged.
      - In attempt to save the reputation of the the royal house, Cixi allowed a series of reforms to be started, which were ultimately a failure.
      - The Qing Dynasty's power was significantly reduced during 1911
        
        Causes
        
        The Failure of the political Reforms
        
        Weak Government