World Geography Chapter 31 China Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: The Emergence of Modern China Section 2: Regions of China Section 3: China's People and Culture Section 4: China's Neighbors Chapter 31: China The Emergence of Modern China What were the results of China?s early contacts with Western powers? What conflicts within China have left the country open to a Communist takeover? What were the purposes and results of the program known as the Great Leap Forward? How did a series of modernizations attempt to change China? 1