World in Crisis - 2000-Present   China   Korea   Japan   India and Pakistan   Afghanistan   Saudi Arabia   Israel and Palestine
	America's Crisis era -- 2000s, 2010s   Disappearance of all WW II survivors -   9/11 MIGHT have started a world war -   Return to stereotypical gender roles   Worldwide increase in xenophobia -   Increasing tensions along Mexican border -   Increasing tensions with Muslims -   2001: Incarceration of many Muslims -   2010: Spike in public xenophobia (Ground Zero)
	Worldwide increase in Xenophobia   Repudiation of 1960s Awakening era -   1960s: 'Everyone is equal' -   1960s: Racial and gender equality -   1990s: Only the individual matters   Other regions -   Europe: Roma Gypsies and Muslims -   Egypt: Muslims, Coptic Christians -   Mideast: Sunni vs Shia vs West -   Japan: Korea, China -   China: Han vs Japanese, Uighurs, Tibetans
	Generational History of China to 1989   History of regular massive rebellions -   White Lotus Rebellion, 1795-1805 -   Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1864 -   Mao's Communist Revolution, 1934-1949 -   China is overdue for the next rebellion   Recovery Era, 1949-65 -   'Let a hundred flowers bloom' - systematic repression -   Great Leap Forward - Tens of thousands of deaths bloodbath -   The 'Miserable Generation' born in the 1950s   Awakening era, 1965-89 -   Cultural revolution, 1965-68 -   Rapprochement with U.S -   Joined United Nations -   Instituted many educational and govt reforms -   Open criticism of Mao
	China's Unraveling Era - 1989-2005   Tiananmen Square massacre, 1989 -   Led by Nomad archetypes (like our Gen-X) -   Generational echo of May 4 Movement (May 4 1919) -   Victory of war survivors over post-war generations   Rise of Falun Gong movement -   Led by 'Miserable Generation' -   Millions of people meeting to do aerobic exercises -   Echos of Taiping Rebellion   Panic in Beijing -   Collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 -   Fear of Falun Gong -- brutal crackdown -   Tens of thousands of 'mass incidents' each year   Taiwan: White Lily rebellion, 1991 -   Rise of independence movement
	China's Crisis Era - 2005-present   Taiwan Anti-Secession law, 2005 -   Calls for 'peaceful unification' -   Recognizes any 'reckless attempt' re Taiwan independence -   Requires China to resort to 'non-peaceful approaches'   Widespread anti-Western xenophobia -   Financial crisis, 2007-8 -   Anger and humiliation over Olympics torch ceremony -   Anger at anti-China bias re Tibet uprising -   Highly nationalistic 'Unhappy China'
	China's Crisis Era   China preparing for war with U.S. -   Massive military buildup -   Repeated threats of war over Taiwan -   String of Pearls strategy   Highly confrontational foreign policy since 2009 -   Serious confrontations with Japan -   Serious confrontations in East/South China Seas -   Claiming that enormous regions are owned by China -   Aggressive on border disputes with India -   Agressively siding with Pakistan on Kashmir/Jammu   Schizophrenic foreign policy -   Attempts to reconcile with neighbors -   Attempts to project a friendlier international face   Rapid internal changes -   Internal generational conflict -   Transition to younger generation in 2012
	Korea   Crisis war - World War II -   Japanese occupation/colonization, 1905-1945 -   Japan's use of 'comfort women' during WW II   Recovery Era -   Korean War, 1950-1953 (armistice)   Kwangju massacre, South Korea, 1980 -   Followed 1979 coup d'état -   Awakening era climax -   Led to victory of '386 generation'
	Korea's Crisis Era   Crisis era: North -   Near starvation -   Renewed military confrontations with South -   Development of nuclear weapons   Crisis era: South - Schizophrenia -   Loyalty to Koreans in the North -   Loyalty to traditional allies in China -   Fear of invasion/nuclear weapons in North -   Loathing of Japanese - Western ally
	Japan   Meiji Restoration (1868) -   Invasion by Commander Perry, 1853 -   Several civil wars -   Rule by Emperor was restored   Recovery era -   Industrialization -   Compulsory education
	Japan - 20th Century   Awakening era: Colonialism -   Reaction to Perry's easy victory -   Learning colonialism from the West (Scramble for Africa) -   Learning to be an advanced, 'westernized' nation   Unraveling era: Imperialism -   Tokyo stock market crash, 1919 -   Smoot-Hawley act, 1930 -   Invasion of Manchuria, 1931 -   Invasion of China, 1937 -   Pearl Harbor, 1941   Postwar - Repudiation of military
	India and Pakistan   Colony of Britain until 1947 -   Indian independence movement: Mahatma Gandhi -   Founder of Pakistan: Muhammad Ali Jinnah   Partition, 1947, and war -   One of the bloodiest wars of the century -   Forced migration of 14 million people, 1 million killed -   Separating Hindus from Muslims -   Epicenter: Kashmir and Jammu   Crisis era -   Tensions growing over Kashmir/Jammu -   Tensions growing over terrorist attacks -   Almost went to war after 2008 Mumbai attack -   China siding with Pakistan -   Russia siding with India
	Afghanistan   Russian invasion in 1980s -   Unraveling era war -   Stalemate (defeat for Russians)   Ethnic alignments - Crisis civil war, 1990-96 -   Sunni Pashtuns in south linked to Pashtuns in Pakistan -   Shia Hizaris in north linked to Persians and Hindus   Recovery era, 1996 - present -   Rise of Sunni hardliners - Taliban -   Link with Arab jihadists - al-Qaeda, bin Laden, 9/11 -   Defeat of Taliban army, 2002 -   Link with Pakistan's Pashtun jihadists -   Link with Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
	Saudi Arabia   Long-time alliance with U.S. -   Saudis supply the oil -   America supplies the military defense against Iran   Split over Arab uprisings -   Throwing Mubarak under the bus -   Opposing Saudi intervention in Bahrain
	Saudi Arabia - Change of Direction   Saudi view -   Iran is an existential threat to Gulf states -   U.S. is not willing to take Iran seriously -   U.S. not willing to pressure Israel on settlements -   Very rapid attitude change   Saudi action - rise of the Gulf Cooperation Council -   Six Gulf nations -   Invite Morocco and Jordan to join -   Economic aid vs well-trained Sunni armies -   Sever link to U.S. defense umbrella
	Israel and Palestine region   Crisis war at founding -   Partitioning of Palestine in 1948 -   Creation of Israel, May 14, 1948 -   1948 Arab-Israeli war   Palestinian view: The Naqba -   Loss of ancestral lands -   4 million refugees
	Israel-Palestinian peace process   Peace process -   Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon -   Mideast Roadmap to Peace, May 2003 -   Death of Yasser Arafat, election of Mahmoud Abbas -   Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, 2005 -   Permanent vegetative state - Ariel Sharon   Three wars since then -   Israel vs Hizbollah in Lebanon, 2006 -   Fatah vs Hamas in Gaza, 2007 -   Operation Cast Lead: Israel vs Hamas in Gaza, 2009 -   Extremely volatile

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