50s/60s Flashcards
2nd 5 year plan aims
become major industrial power in record time
catch up w/ britain in 15 years time
self sufficiency
walking on 2 legs
sinosoviet split due to
khrushchev stalin speech 56
launching of sputnik
peace coexistence w/ us
when was anti rightist camp
1957
big purge of opposition
when did CH plunge to famine
59-63
when where there 3 million deaths
1960
when was there 170 million tonnes of grain production
1955
when was there 143 million grain production
1960
when where there worst weather conditions recorded in history
59 & 60
when were all soviet advisers withdrawn
1960
decentralisation of power
ksidi
when was anti hu feng campaign
1955
what was anti hu feng camp
literary critic
charged w/ being gmd, imprisoned
launched camp to remove his supporters
hu feng elements
what initiated 100 flowers camp
debate about pace of economic change
mao wanted to speed up
mao concerned party too bureaucratic
MZT removed from constitution
when was 100 flowers campaign
1956
when did mao get approval for flower camp
57
whatn was anti rightist camp
abandoned flower camp
july attacked
attacked revisionists in party in may
500,000 intells branded rightists
sent to labour camps/county side
wanted u questioning obedience
cult of lei feng
wanted to be revolutionary screw that never rusts
represented youthful mao, closer to peeps/youth
LIN BIAO/PLA
oleaginous
59 became defense minister
mao thot military both red & expert
pla in SEM werk teams 65
65 mao abolished all ranks in military
jiang qing & kang sheng
thot art should promote socialist values
65 mao moved to shanghai, surrounded by shangh radicals
why GLF launched
only 3.8% rise in agri production
industrial production to grow/undustrial cities expanded if there was surplus of food
chen & zhou reccomended material incentives rejected
when did mao declare ch’d be producing 40 million tonnes steel by 70s
1957
when was steel output 100 million tonnes
1958
when was responsibility for oversight of economic planning transferred to CCP from state bureaucracy
1958
when was mao not involved in daily policy making
1958
when was power struggle between mao & pragmatists
early 60s
pragmatists
liu shaoqi
deng x
both purged 1967
chen yun
when was conference of 7000 cadres
1962
liu speech blaming mao for GLF
dropped out of public view
limited self criticism
when was deng x’s statement cat statement
june 62
so long as it catches mouse it is good cat
dc about ideology
when was annual summer conference
1962
mao openly criticised liu & deng
mao had to accept their compromises & agreed on rect camp
when did mao issue own 10 point plan
1963
liu & deng issued own plans
when was SEM / 4 cleanups movement
1963
reintroduce basic socialist values into society
werk teams sent
when was GLF
1958 to 1961
when had 100 million peasants opened up 7.8 million hectares of land
jan 1958
when was sputnik commune
apr 1958
when had 120 million households merged into 26,000 communes
dec 1958
99% of rural pop
when were reported grain figures wrong
1958 due to anti rightist camp & purge of intells 1957
when were grain figures revised down from 357 to 250 million
1958
peoples militia developed
je
giant irrigation, terracing & construction projects
brought prosperity to infertile regions
when did peng dehuai criticise mao for GLF in lushun conference
thot going too soon too fast
personal letter
leading right-opportunist anti-party clique
1959
another purge when
1959
four notes camp
eradicate pests
backyard furnaces
no prwcious wxoerience of iron melting
lysenko agri expert
maos 8 point agri constitution
damaged soil
when did chen yun reintroduce intells
1959
before CR
chen allowed some private land & material incentives
chen recentralisation
bird cage theory
up to when pragmas ruling
1963
when were all ghost dramas banned
1963
when was lunch w/ chen yonggui & slogan in agri learn from dazhai
1964
believed in 2 nos principle
notion of self reliance
when did mao accuse liu & deng of running independent kingdoms
1965
hai rui dismissed from office written by wu han
yao wenyuan attacked it for being anti socialist
peng zhen (mayor of beijing) held responsible w/ liu & deng
culture
wenhua
mindset
when was CR
1966
when did MAO & allies / shangh radis take over CRG
may 1966
when was first large character wall poster (dazibao) displayed at beijing uni
1966
when were protests against party leaders spreading from beijing to unis & liu & deng sent work teams who imposed order
1966