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Final Exam Study Guide - Govts and Politics of East Asia | POL 3443, Exams of Political Science

Material Type: Exam; Professor: Bellows; Class: Govts & Politics of East Asia; Subject: Political Science; University: University of Texas - San Antonio; Term: Fall 2009;

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Exam Study Guide
POL 3433
Final: December 14 – Same Room – 1030 am
CCP – Chinese Communist Party
Founded July 1, 1921 Ran by a central committee but include a party constitution and a National
congress (though the national congress is the highest governing body in China it only meets once every
five years to discuss changes to party operations).
Deng Xiaoping
Served as a prominent leader in Chinese Communist Party politics from ’78 to the early 90s but never
took office. Moved china towards a free market economy. Moved china into the rapidly developing
economic powerhouse it is today
Tang Dynasty
Bakufu
Literally means Shogunate, was the name for the office of the head or leader of the government. The
name implies military leadership such as “House of the general” also came to be that the shoguns
officials were known as bakufu.
House of Represenatives (Japanese diet)
The House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin?) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The
House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.
The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for four-year terms. Of these, 180 are
elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional
representation, and 300 are elected from single-member constituencies. 241 seats are required for
majority. The House of Representatives is the more powerful of the two houses, able to override
vetoes on bills imposed by the House of Councillors with a two-thirds majority.
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Exam Study Guide POL 3433 Final: December 14 – Same Room – 1030 am CCP – Chinese Communist Party Founded July 1, 1921 Ran by a central committee but include a party constitution and a National congress (though the national congress is the highest governing body in China it only meets once every five years to discuss changes to party operations). Deng Xiaoping Served as a prominent leader in Chinese Communist Party politics from ’78 to the early 90s but never took office. Moved china towards a free market economy. Moved china into the rapidly developing economic powerhouse it is today Tang Dynasty Bakufu Literally means Shogunate, was the name for the office of the head or leader of the government. The name implies military leadership such as “House of the general” also came to be that the shoguns officials were known as bakufu. House of Represenatives (Japanese diet) The House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgiin? ) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house. The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for four-year terms. Of these, 180 are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation, and 300 are elected from single-member constituencies. 241 seats are required for majority. The House of Representatives is the more powerful of the two houses, able to override vetoes on bills imposed by the House of Councillors with a two-thirds majority.

Trade balances with USA for the following states: -China -South Korea -Japan -Taiwan Head of government fot the above states -China President--Hu Jintao Vice President--Xi Jinping -South Korea President--Lee Myung-bak Prime Minister--Chung Un-chan -Japan Head of State--Emperor Akihito Prime Minister (Head of Government)--Yukio Hatoyama -Taiwan President--Ma Ying-jeou Vice President--Vincent Siew (Siew Wan-chang) Major Historical Development for the above states China – SEZs, Industrialization, Globalization Japan – Names of the main islands -Hokkaido -Honshu -Shikoku -Kyushu Tiananmen

The visits of the Nanban ships from Portugal were at first the main vector of trade exchanges, followed by the addition of Dutch, English and sometimes Spanish ships. From 1600 onward, Japan started to participate actively in foreign trade. In 1615, an embassy and trade mission under Hasekura Tsunenaga was sent across the Pacific to Nueva Espana (New Spain) on the Japanese-built galleon San Juan Bautista. Until 1635, the Shogun issued numerous permits for the so-called "red seal ships" destined for the Asian trade. After 1635 and the introduction of Seclusion laws, only inbound ships were allowed, from China, Korea, and the Netherlands. Ma Ying-Jeou Chairman of the KMT, and the current president of Taiwan. He assumed office May 20, 2008. Was formally the mayor of Taipei KMT The founding and ruling political party of the republic of china (Taiwan). Together with the People First Party and Chinese New Party, the KMT forms what is known as the Taiwanese Pan-Blue coalition, which supports eventual reunification with the mainland. DPP Essay Study Questions:

**1. Significant event in Japanese History

  1. Culture/Confucianism and the impact of these
  2. Current Japanese Political System
  3. Triangular Relations** a. Japan b. Taiwan c. China