Deng Xiaoping and Reunification
•Tried to assure Taiwanese that if they rejoined China they would still have autonomy
•Doesn’t happen but trade increases between the two
•1987 Taiwan lifts its ban on travel to the mainland
•Also pushed for reunification of Hong Kong (Xianggang)
•This happens in 1997 and it becomes a Special Administrative Region (SAR)
•Doesn’t happen but trade increases between the two
•1987 Taiwan lifts its ban on travel to the mainland
•Also pushed for reunification of Hong Kong (Xianggang)
•This happens in 1997 and it becomes a Special Administrative Region (SAR)
Why did the Chinese government tell Taiwan if they ever eventually have their own autonomy taken away and convert to the Chinese way?
Deng Xiaoping and Economic Changes “To Get Rich is Glorious”
•Coming to power in 1979 institutes agricultural reforms
•Encouraged farmers to sell on the open market
•Also allowed for the contracting of plots of land (excess profits could be kept) ‘productive responsibility system’
•China accepted loans and foreign investments
•Joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank
•Encouraged farmers to sell on the open market
•Also allowed for the contracting of plots of land (excess profits could be kept) ‘productive responsibility system’
•China accepted loans and foreign investments
•Joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank
Deng tried to convince the tiwanes pleople that if they joined china they could still have their own way of doing things (autonomy)