China Facts

Question 1

In 1949 what percentage of the population were working in industry

Answer 1

5%

Question 2

Bombing raids on china in Feb 1950 by USA and Taiwan led to how many dead

Answer 2

1000

Question 3

In 1949 how many bandits roamed the countryside

Answer 3

1 million

Question 4

how many ministries are in the PRC

Answer 4

24

Question 5

how many members of the standing committee

Answer 5

5

Question 6

how many members of the politburo

Answer 6

25

Question 7

how many members of the central committee

Answer 7

49

Question 8

in shanghai what percentage of businessmen were found guilty by the 5 antis campaign

Answer 8

99%

Question 9

how many tibetans resisted the invasion in october 1950

Answer 9

6000

Question 10

in xinjiang what percentage of the 4 million population were uighur muslims

Answer 10

75%

Question 11

how many people in Guangdong were killed during the ‘Suppression the Counter Revolutionaries’ Campaign

Answer 11

28,000

Question 12

what was the suicide rate in the laogi

Answer 12

1 in 3

Question 13

what is the total estimated death count in the laogi

Answer 13

27 million

Question 14

how many million yuan did the laogi produce in industry products

Answer 14

700 million

Question 15

what was the quota given to the cadres of people in the Danwei to be damned as rightists

Answer 15

5%

Question 16

during the anti rightist campaign how many intellectuals were purged

Answer 16

400,000-700,000

Question 17

during the resist america aid korea campaign how many counter revolutionaries were found

Answer 17

800,000

Question 18

in the resist america aid korea campaign how many official executions were there

Answer 18

135,000

Question 19

what percentage of the PLA got frostbite in the korea war

Answer 19

90%

Question 20

how many soldiers went to fight in the Korean war

Answer 20

3 million

Question 21

how many soldiers died in the korean war

Answer 21

400,000

Question 22

what was the financial cost of the korean war

Answer 22

$10 billion

Question 23

during the land to the tiller movement what percentage of land was redistributed to what percentage of the population

Answer 23

43% of land redistributed to 60% population

Question 24

during the land to the tiller movement how many landlords were killed

Answer 24

1-2 million

Question 25

after the agrarian land reform law what percentage increase was there each year in rural production

Answer 25

15% increase each year

Question 26

how big were MATs

Answer 26

10-15 households

Question 27

how big were APCs

Answer 27

30–40 households

Question 28

from the APCs what increase in grain production was there in 1954

Answer 28

2% increase

Question 29

what percentage of peasant households were in APCs december 1955 and january 1956

Answer 29

december 1955 = 63.6%, january 1956 = 80.3%

Question 30

how big were higher APCs

Answer 30

200-300 households

Question 31

as of december 1956 what percentage of peasant households are in higher level APCs

Answer 31

88%

Question 32

how big were communes

Answer 32

5500 households

Question 33

what age did you have to be between to serve in the commune militia

Answer 33

15-50

Question 34

by the end of 1958 how many cooperatives had become how many communes

Answer 34

740,000 cooperatives had become 26,000 communes

Question 35

how many died during the great famine

Answer 35

30-50 million

Question 36

during the great famine what fraction of farmland did the government order peasants to not farm

Answer 36

1/3

Question 37

during the sino soviet mutual assistance treaty how many industrial sites were built

Answer 37

156

Question 38

during the sino soviet mutual assistance treaty how many million dollars were loaned from the USSR to China over 5 years

Answer 38

$300 million

Question 39

during the sino soviet mutual assistance treaty how many soviet experts were sent to china

Answer 39

11,000

Question 40

during the sino soviet mutual assistance treaty how many chinese were invited to study in russia

Answer 40

28,000

Question 41

what happened to heavy industry output after the first five year plan

Answer 41

it nearly tripled

Question 42

what was the annual growth rate after the first five year plan

Answer 42

16%

Question 43

what was the increase in population of towns and cities after the first five year plan

Answer 43

100 million

Question 44

how much did agriculture output increase each year after the first five year plan

Answer 44

2.1%

Question 45

how much did industrial production fall after the second five year plan

Answer 45

40%

Question 46

at the peak of backyard furnaces what percentage of the population had abandoned their normal activities to help

Answer 46

25%

Question 47

Liu Shaoqi said the famine was what percent natural and what percent manmade

Answer 47

30% natural 70% manmade

Question 48

in 1965 agricultural production was what compared to 1957

Answer 48

the same

Question 49

in 1965 industrial production was what compared to 1957

Answer 49

nearly double

Question 50

at what age would girls have their feet binded

Answer 50

6

Question 51

after the marriage law what did the percentage of arranged marriages fall to

Answer 51

under 1%

Question 52

after the marriage law what was the percentage of child marriages

Answer 52

2.4%

Question 53

in the works point system what was the maximum number of points men and women could get

Answer 53

men - 10, women - 8

Question 54

how many women did one commune secretary rape

Answer 54

27

Question 55

what was the increase in women party cadres between 1966 and 1974

Answer 55

1966-12% , 1974-21%

Question 56

what percentage of girls completed their primary education 1949 to 1959

Answer 56

1949-38% , 1959-100%

Question 57

before 1949 what percentage of men and women could read a simple letter

Answer 57

men - 30%, women - 1%

Question 58

before 1949 what percentage of men and women recieved any type of schooling

Answer 58

men - 45.2%, women - 2.2%

Question 59

how many people attended the winter schools

Answer 59

42 million

Question 60

by 1952 what percentage of the population were still illiterate

Answer 60

78%

Question 61

due to the minpan what increase in children in primary school was there

Answer 61

from 26 million to 64 million

Question 62

how much did university enrolments increase

Answer 62

300,000

Question 63

how long did barefoot doctors train

Answer 63

6 months

Question 64

during the GLF how many medical clinics were in the communes

Answer 64

800

Question 65

during the GLF what did life expectancy increase by

Answer 65

2 decades

Question 66

after the GLF, over 15 years what happened to the number of trained doctors

Answer 66

it quadrupled

Question 67

how many revolutionary operas were there

Answer 67

8

Question 68

how many protestant missionaries were there by 1952

Answer 68

<100 from >3000

Question 69

how many catholic missionaires were there by 1953

Answer 69

<400 from >3000

Question 70

how many muslims died in one battle to defend islam

Answer 70

>1000

Question 71

how many protestors did the PLA kill in Wuhan in 1967

Answer 71

1000

Question 72

in 5 provinces how many libraries closed and how many books were destroyed

Answer 72

1/3 libraries, 7 million books

Question 73

in 1 confucian temple how many artefacts were destroyed by how many students

Answer 73

6618 artefacts, 200 students

Question 74

how many regional and provincial cadres were purged

Answer 74

70-80%

Question 75

how many politburo died

Answer 75

14/23

Question 76

how many central committee were deposed

Answer 76

2/3

Question 77

how many died in total during the purging of CCP membership

Answer 77

1/2 million

Question 78

how many bureaucrats were sent to May 17th Cadre Schools

Answer 78

3 million

Question 79

how many were arrested during the cleansing of the class ranks

Answer 79

1.84 million

Question 80

how many red guards were sent to the countryside during the up to the mountains down to the villages camping

Answer 80

18 million