Edexcel A-Level History 9HI0
The Crusades, c1095–1204Paper 1
England, 1509–1603: Authority, Nation and ReligionPaper 1
Britain, 1625–1701: Conflict, Revolution and SettlementPaper 1
Britain, c1785–c1870: Democracy, Protest and ReformPaper 1
Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to YeltsinPaper 1
In Search of the American Dream: The USA, c1917–96Paper 1
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89Paper 1
Britain Transformed, 1918–97Paper 1
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106Paper 2
England and the Angevin Empire in the Reign of Henry II, 1154–89Paper 2
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55Paper 2
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609Paper 2
France in Revolution, 1774–99Paper 2
Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924Paper 2
The Unification of Italy, c1830–70Paper 2
The Unification of Germany, c1840–71Paper 2
Mao’s China, 1949–76Paper 2
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90Paper 2
India, c1914–48: The Road to IndependencePaper 2
South Africa, 1948–94: From Apartheid State to ‘Rainbow Nation’Paper 2
The Rise and Fall of Fascism in Italy, c1911–46Paper 2
Spain, 1930–78: Republicanism, Francoism and the Re-Establishment of DemocracyPaper 2
The USA, c1920–55: Boom, Bust and RecoveryPaper 2
The USA, 1955–92: Conformity and ChallengePaper 2
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509Paper 3
Rebellion and Disorder Under the Tudors, 1485–1603Paper 3
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598Paper 3
The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750Paper 3
Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain, 1759–1928: Forging a New SocietyPaper 3
Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939Paper 3
Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire, 1763–1914Paper 3
The British Experience of Warfare, c1790–1918Paper 3
Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928Paper 3
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923Paper 3
The Changing Nature of Warfare, 1859–1991: Perception and RealityPaper 3
Germany, 1871–1990: United, Divided and ReunitedPaper 3
The Making of Modern Russia, 1855–1991Paper 3
The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997Paper 3
Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1850–2009Paper 3
Mass Media and Social Change in Britain, 1882–2004Paper 3
The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997
- 19 subtopics
- 57 things to know
- Paper 3
- Paper 3 themes option, chosen from sixteen
What The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997 covers
A Paper 3 option combining aspects in breadth on communications, industry and the ideas that drove economic change with aspects in depth on the unequal treaties and foreign penetration, the war with Japan, the Sino-Soviet split, and China's re-entry into world affairs.
Where it is assessed
Paper 3
Themes in breadth with aspects in depth, one option of sixteen.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 19 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Improved communications and the application of western technologies, 1860–1997Recall questions on why railways came late, the telegraph, steam shipping, the 1911 nationalisation crisis, and how western technology first reached China.Open →
- The growth of mining and manufacturing, 1860–1997Recall questions on Shanghai's textile industry, Japanese industry in Manchuria, the First Five-Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, and the growth after 1978.Open →
- Ideas and ideologies promoting change, 1860-1997Recall questions on the Self-Strengthening Movement and why it failed, the Hundred Days' Reform, the May Fourth Movement, and its importance for the CCP.Open →
- The roles of individuals in promoting economic growth, 1860–1997Recall questions on Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai, Song Ziwen, the Four Modernisations, the household responsibility system, and the Special Economic Zones.Open →
- The Treaty of Tianjin, 1860Recall questions on the Second Opium War, what the treaty provided, the burning of the Summer Palace, extraterritoriality, the Maritime Customs Service, and the Taiping Rebellion.Open →
- Treaty ports and the significance of growing foreign tradeRecall questions on how many treaty ports there were, the International Settlement at Shanghai, penetration of the Yangzi, the compradore, and when the system ended.Open →
- Foreign language schools and missionariesRecall questions on the Tongwen Guan, the Chinese Educational Mission, how missionaries operated and why they provoked hostility, the Tianjin Massacre, and the role of translation.Open →
- The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95Recall questions on the quarrel over Korea, why China lost, the terms of Shimonoseki, the size of the indemnity, and why defeat by Japan was so humiliating.Open →
- The Triple Intervention and new concessionsRecall questions on why Russia, France and Germany intervened and what they gained, Japan's resentment, Britain's leases of 1898, spheres of influence, and the Open Door.Open →
- The Boxer Rebellion, 1898-1900Recall questions on who the Boxers were, what caused the rising, Cixi's support for it, the siege of the legations, the Boxer Protocol, and how it is viewed today.Open →
- The Manchurian Crisis of 1931-33Recall questions on the Mukden Incident, Manchukuo, why Jiang did not resist, the Lytton Report, the significance for the League, and the Tanggu Truce.Open →
- Reasons for all-out war in 1937Recall questions on the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, why Japan escalated, the battle for Shanghai, the second united front, and how unprepared China was.Open →
- The impact of war, 1937-39, and the role of the USARecall questions on the Rape of Nanjing, the scorched earth policy, Chongqing, American support before 1941, and why Pearl Harbor mattered to China.Open →
- Russian demands and the Khrushchev-Mao clashRecall questions on the Soviet requests of 1958, the clash of personalities, the effect of the Secret Speech, the withdrawal of advisers, and the nuclear dispute.Open →
- Mao's growing fears of the Soviet UnionRecall questions on the Brezhnev Doctrine, how the split shaped the Cultural Revolution, the Third Front, the border dispute, and what social imperialism meant.Open →
- Military confrontation in 1969Recall questions on the Zhenbao Island clashes, how serious the crisis became, how it was defused, and how it opened the way to Nixon's visit.Open →
- China's growing importance in world organisationsRecall questions on taking the UN seat in 1971, why it mattered, joining the IMF and World Bank, China's use of the Security Council, and the effect of Tiananmen.Open →
- Closer cooperation with Japan and the USARecall questions on normalisation with Japan in 1972 and the 1978 treaty, the obstacles that remained, full relations with Washington in 1979, and Deng's visit.Open →
- The peaceful return of Hong Kong, 1997Recall questions on why the future had to be settled, the Joint Declaration, one country two systems, the Basic Law, the effect of Tiananmen, and the handover.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
How did Deng's reforms transform the Chinese economy?
What industrial development took place in Manchuria in the 1930s?
What economic model inspired China's early 1950s industrialisation?
How did growing foreign contact affect the Chinese elite?
What was the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1900)?
What triggered all-out war in 1937?
Why was 7 December 1941 significant for China?
What did Mao accuse Khrushchev of?
What agreement arranged Hong Kong's return?
How did railways contribute to industrial growth in the Qing Empire?
Why was China slow to build railways?
What was China's first plan of 1953?
What were the Four Modernisations, launched in 1978?
What was the Treaty of Tianjin (negotiated 1858, ratified 1860)?
What was the Second Opium War?
Which city was the centre of British trade in China?
What were treaty ports?
What did the new foreign-language schools teach?
What were China and Japan fighting over in 1894?
What caused the Sino-Japanese War?
What was the Triple Intervention of 1895?
What new concessions did Britain gain in 1898?
How did the Boxer Rebellion end?
What happened in Manchuria after September 1931?
What was the Tanggu Truce (1933)?
What was the East Hebei Autonomous Council?
What was the Rape of Nanjing (1937)?
What caused tension between Khrushchev and Mao in 1958?
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine and why did it alarm China?
What was the Third Front?
What happened militarily in 1969?
What happened at Zhenbao Island in March 1969?
How did the Sino-Soviet split affect China's wider policy?
What was China's attitude to international organisations before 1971?
What obstacles remained in relations with Japan?
How did Sino-American relations develop after 1972?
Why did Hong Kong's future have to be settled in the 1980s?
How did steam shipping change Chinese trade?
What drove China's industrial growth in the late twentieth century?
What was the Self-Strengthening Movement of the 1860s–70s?
Who established China's first modern bank, and when?
What did the Convention of Peking of 1860 add to the Tianjin terms?
What was the significance of the Yangzi penetration?
What was the Tianjin Massacre of 1870?
What was the Battle of the Yalu in 1894?
Why did Germany seize Jiaozhou in 1897?
What caused the Boxer Rebellion?
What was Manchukuo?
Why did Japan escalate in 1937?
Why does the Nanjing Massacre remain politically significant?
What were the Soviet demands of 1958?
How did the border dispute develop?
How was the immediate crisis defused?
How did China use its Security Council position?
What was Deng's 1979 visit to the United States?
What was the Basic Law of Hong Kong?
Take The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997 further
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
First Five-Year Plan (1953–57) vs Great Leap Forward (1958–61)
First Five-Year Plan (1953–57): a Soviet-modelled plan prioritising heavy industry, which achieved significant industrial growth. Great Leap Forward (1958–61): Mao's drive for rapid industrialisation and communal farming, including backyard steel furnaces, which caused a catastrophic famine.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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How did communications improve in China after 1860?
Model answer
By telegraph, by steamers on rivers and along the coast, by railway, and later by road and by air.
- 2
How did railways contribute to industrial growth in the Qing Empire?
Model answer
Once they spread, raw materials and goods moved cheaply, which helped mines and factories to grow.
- 3
Why was China slow to build railways?
Model answer
Officials feared foreign control, disruption of feng shui and of canal and porter employment, so the first line at Wusong was bought and dismantled in 1877.
- 4
How extensive was China's railway network by 1911?
Model answer
About 9,000 kilometres, much of it foreign-built and foreign-controlled, concentrated in the north east and along foreign spheres of influence.
- 5
What was the significance of the telegraph in China?
Model answer
Introduced from the 1870s, it allowed central government to communicate with distant provinces in hours, and became a tool of both control and rebellion.
- 6
How did steam shipping change Chinese trade?
Model answer
Foreign and then Chinese steamers on the Yangzi and the coast cut costs and times, and the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company of 1872 was a Chinese response.
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The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997 revision questions
- What does The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997 cover in Edexcel A-Level History?
- 19 subtopics: improved communications and the application of western technologies, 1860–1997, the growth of mining and manufacturing, 1860–1997, ideas and ideologies promoting change, 1860-1997, the roles of individuals in promoting economic growth, 1860–1997, the treaty of tianjin, 1860, treaty ports and the significance of growing foreign trade, foreign language schools and missionaries, the sino-japanese war of 1894-95, the triple intervention and new concessions, the boxer rebellion, 1898-1900, the manchurian crisis of 1931-33, reasons for all-out war in 1937, the impact of war, 1937-39, and the role of the usa, russian demands and the khrushchev-mao clash, mao's growing fears of the soviet union, military confrontation in 1969, china's growing importance in world organisations, closer cooperation with japan and the usa and the peaceful return of hong kong, 1997. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997 organised?
- By the Edexcel 9HI0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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