Factual: What can be considered a turning point?
Conceptual: How are turning points connected to shifts in power and culture?
The Opium War
Colonisation
Spread of a new religion
Different ideals
New person in power
Reign above the country
Agricultural Changes
Growth in China's primary sector of income
More employment
Being a turning point in China's economy and the way that all the sectors work individually
Greater expand with connections to different countries
Cultural Revolution
When Mao Zedong got into power
From capitalist to communism
Lots of protests from the rising population
One Child Policy
The population growth and reproductive rates came to an absolute halt
Red book, a book containing Mao principles and regulations
less women being born due to the fact that males were more wanted
Chinese rapid economic growth
Governments had absolute control and power over family decisions
In a long term perspective, the chinese GDP from 1979 to nowadays grew by a lot.
Would fine the families that had more than one child
GDP is estimated at 14 trillion nowadays hen 40 years ago it was estimated at 149 billion
England forcing China to trade opium for textiles and lead
Lead to economic and social problems
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led to more income for Britain
A turning point is when something changes completely in the short term.
Agricultural Changes
One Child Policy
Cultural Revolution
It can relate to how a populations rights or way of life is impacted or starts to become more or less regulated
When a team scores a goal in football
Opening there economy to the stock market: different cultures investing in China