History: China vs Europe——Teng Yun

�Many states fighting each other�Unified in Qin dynasty in 221 BC

Europe China Duration

Ancient Greece Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period 722 BC -- 221 BC

Qin dynasty 221 BC – 206 BC

Parthenon in Athens

�Prosperous in thoughts and philosophy�Confucianism being still China’s moral foundation today

Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC) Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)

Europe China Duration

Ancient Greece Chun Qiu Zhan Guo Period 722 BC -- 221 BC

Qin dynasty 221 BC – 206 BC

�Golden age �Han Chinese (major ethnic group in China)�Chinese characters named Han characters

Han character for “China”

Europe China Duration

Roman empire Han dynasty 206 BC –220 AD

Europe China Duration

Roman empire Han dynasty 206 BC –220 AD

Silk Road

Huns pushing Goth westward

�Tang poetry – China’s national crystal

Europe China Duration

Middle agesTang dynasty 618 AD – 907 AD

Song dynasty 960 AD – 1279 AD

Li Bai (701 – 762)A poet of Tang dynasty

Middle Ages in Europe

�Song dynasty – 80% of world’s GDP�Advanced technologies

Europe China Duration

Middle agesTang dynasty 618 AD – 907 AD

Song dynasty 960 AD – 1279 AD

“River Side Scene at the Qing Ming Festival”

Europe China Duration

ReformationQing dynasty 1644 -- 1840

Enlightenment

Revolutions

Montesquieu(1689-1755) Rousseau(1712-1778) Voltaire(1694-1778)

�The big French thinkers

Europe China Duration

ReformationQing dynasty 1644 -- 1840

Enlightenment

Revolutions

Industrial RevolutionStorming of the Bastille in French Revolution

�Unequal treaties with western countries�Semi-colony

Europe China Duration

ReformationQing dynasty 1644 -- 1840

Enlightenment

Revolutions

Destruction of opium at Humen city

�Overthrown by 1911 Revolution

Europe China Duraion

ReformationQing dynasty 1644 -- 1840

Enlightenment

Revolutions

The Forbidden City

Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)

�Defeated Japanese (Part of WW II)

Europe China Duration

World Wars Fighting for new China 1911 -- 1949

Nan Jing Massacre

Anti-Japanese War in China

�Civil War after defeating Japan

Europe China Duration

World Wars Fighting for new China 1911 -- 1949

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Mao Zedong(1893-1976)

Chiang Kai-shek(1887-1975)

�The Taiwan issue

Europe China Duration

World Wars Fighting for new China 1911 -- 1949

�Chaos due to Mao’s mistake

Europe China Duration

Cold War New China and Chaos 1949 -- 1978

Open to the world 1978--

�Deng Xiaoping to the rescue�China opens to the world

Europe China Duration

Cold War -- Present New China and Chaos 1949 -- 1978

Open to the world 1978--

Deng Xiaoping(1904-1997)

Shen Zhen

Shang Hai

Bullet Trains

�Pollution�Inequality�Corruption

Europe China Duration

Cold War -- Present New China and Chaos 1949 -- 1978

Open to the world 1978--

The near yesterday