Xi Jinping took office in March 2013 and is now considered the strongest Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
In October 2016 the CCP bestowed upon him the title of “core leader,” which previously had been given only to influential party figures Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin. A year later the CCP voted to enshrine Xi’s name and ideology, described as “thought”, in the party’s constitution, an honor previously awarded only to Mao. In March 2018. a amendment was passed that abolished term limits for the country’s president and vice president; this change would allow Xi to remain in office as long as he wishes. Watch this video clip about Xi Complete this section in your notebook |
Watch this video clip to learn how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) restricts access to the internet
Read this article to see how young Chinese feel about their internet access |
Hong Kong became a part of the British Empire in 1892 and in 1997 it was returned to China. Under the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems', Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the China. This arrangement allows the city to enjoy a high degree of autonomy, including retaining its capitalist system, independent judiciary and rule of law, free trade and freedom of speech.
Taiwan and China have a complicated history. The Nationalist fled to Taiwan after the Communist Revolution and have been independent since then. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province which it has vowed to retake, by force if necessary. But Taiwan's leaders say it is clearly much more than a province, arguing that it is a sovereign state. Relations between China and Taiwan started improving in the 1980s. China proposed a formula, known as "one country, two systems", under which Taiwan would be given significant autonomy if it accepted Chinese reunification. The offer was rejected, but Taiwan did relax rules on visits to and investment in China. |
—91% of Chinese are ethnic Han
—There are 55 non-Han ethnic groups, which add up to be more than a hundred million citizens (population of Mexico) The Chinese Government has been criticized for how they have treated some of these minorities, in particular the Tibetans & Uyghurs (Turkic on the map) Read this article to learn about the current conflict with the Uyghurs Complete this section in your notebook |