the condition of china in 1936

Question 1

what decade was china nearing the end of in 1936?

Answer 1

‘golden decade’

Question 2

what group of people were defeated in the ‘northern expedition’ by jieng jieshi?

Answer 2

powerful warlords

Question 3

what was the period called after ‘golden decade’

Answer 3

period of economic growth and reform

Question 4

from what year did the japanese start to extent their domain over manchuria?

Answer 4

1931

Question 5

what was the northern expedition?

Answer 5

most of china was controlled by powerful warlords who did not respect the authority of the GMD government.
leader jieng jieshi launched a major military campaign to defeat the warlords and bring whole of country under GMD rule.
by 1928, power of the warlords had been broken.

Question 6

guomindang?

Answer 6

nationalist party

Question 7

when was the northern expedition?

Answer 7

1928

Question 8

what were the two stark contracts in china, in the 1930s?

Answer 8

the city and the countryside

Question 9

what did the city have?

Answer 9

-inflow of capital
-chinese businesses
-new roads, railways
-new schools/education
-new hospitals/healthcare

Question 10

what did the countryside have?

Answer 10

-vast majority population worked, human muscle for labour
-education was beyond reach for most peasant families
-health care minimal
-life expectancy low
-food binding - binding off the feet to show off women’s beauty, very painful
-concubines - mistresses kept by powerful men