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Who was involved in the fight to be Maos successor

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  1. Lin Biao
  2. Zhou Enlai
  3. Jiang Qing
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Why and how was Lin Biao Killed

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  • He was killed as Mao was worried he was trying to overthrow him
  • He died in a plane crash apparently on orders of Mao
  • Plan called ‘Project 571’ to overthrow Mao made by Lin Biao was released
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Why was there a power struggle between the right wing moderates and the left wing radicals in the 1970s

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For control over the communist party and the government of China

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Who were the right wing moderates

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The Right:
- Led by the Prime Minister, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping
- Supported by the CCP and PLA
- Wanted reform and modernisation

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Who were the left wing radicals

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The left:
- Led by Jiang Qing, Maos wife, and the Gang of Four
- they had control of the press and radio
- They followed Mao Zedong thought
- Capitalists had to be removed

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The rise of the Gang of Four

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  • The rise started in the Cultural revolution
  • Jiang Qing had grown powerful as the purifier of culture
  • Jiang and the other members were afraid that Zhou and Deng might become leaders after Maos death
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How did the death of Zhou Enlai cause Deng Xiaoping to be removed from his post

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  • Zhou died and was succeeded by Deng
  • Thousands went to Zhou’s funeral as he had been a popular leader, they laid wreaths and put up poster criticising Jiang and Mao
  • Visitors to the square found that wreaths had been removed
  • People rioted to show their support for Zhou and Deng
  • Jiang Qing blamed the riots on Deng and persuaded Mao to remove him from his posts
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When was Deng Xiaoping removed from all his posts by Mao and Jiang Qing

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1976

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Two causes of the rise of the gang of Four

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  1. Jiang Qing’s role in the Cultural Revolution and relationship with Mao
  2. Death of rival Zhou Enlai
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Who was Hua Goufeng

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  • Mao randomly promoted Hua Goufeng to the role of Premier and therefore was likely to be Maos successor
  • Hua had more support than the Gang of Four, and so was another rival for power
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The arrest of the Gang of Four

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  • The Gang of Four were tricked by the Politburo before they could seize power
  • They were invited to an urgent meeting and arrested
  • Jiang Qing was arrested in her house
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Who became leader after Mao died

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  • Hua Goufeng
  • But Deng Xiaoping waited in the wings gathering support in the military and party
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When was Deng Xiaoping named the paramount leader of China

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1978

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Two causes of the fall of the Gang of Four

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  1. Mao did not chose them to succeed him
  2. They were tricked
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What were the Gang of Four like when they went on trial

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  • Jiang Qing’s behaviour was very interesting
  • She accused the judges of being revisionist spies
  • Jiang and Zhang were given death sentences which was later reduced to life imprisonment
  • All four were found guilty
  • The Trial was televised across the world
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What were Dengs aims

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  • To modernise China
  • To develop trade with the outside world
  • To encourage foreign investment into China
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Reasons for Dengs reforms

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  1. Many machines were old-fashioned and factories were inefficient
  2. co-operative farms were failing to produce enough food, it had to be imported 14 million tonnes of grain
  3. Serious droughts and floods made poverty worse
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Reasons for agricultural reforms

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  • Production did not meet needs
  • Communes meant farmers had no incentives to produce more
  • still used traditional farming methods
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What did Deng introduce for his Agriculture reforms

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Household responsibility system

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What was the household responsibility system

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  • Communes were replaced with Xiang
  • Each farming household received a plot of land which they could do what they wanted with
  • A quota of produce would go to the state for using the land
  • They could chose which crops to grow themselves
  • The farming household had control over their labour and could distribute how they wanted
  • All extra produce could be sold for profit by the farmers
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Effects of the Agricultural reforms

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  • Was very successful
  • Increased productivity
  • China became the biggest agricultural producer in the world
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What did Deng introduce for Industrial reforms

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A new 10 year plan

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What did the new ten year plan propose

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  • State owned enterprises (SOE) stayed but, managers were told to run factories profitably and produce what the people wanted to buy
  • managers could also introduce incentives for workers
  • Town and Village enterprises (TVE) were established
  • Foreigners were encouraged to visit China and invest money in industry
  • introduced special economy zones (SEZ), these ares provided cheap labour and land for Western firms, they were encouraged to hire Chinese workers
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Positive effects of the industrial reforms

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  • SEZ’s had grown export trade by 500%
  • Record number of consumer goods were produced
  • TVE’s employed 100 million people
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Negative effects of industrial reforms

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  • Unemployment was still above 10%
  • Big inequalities in wealth and wages
  • Modernisation brought westernised problems
  • Inflation, high costs for consumer goods
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Why were changes in education needed

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  • Developing a highly educated workforce was a priority for Deng’s modernisation programme
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What were Deng’s education reforms

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  • Examinations for university entries restored
  • Private universities were allowed
  • Students encouraged to travel to the West for education
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Two causes of Deng’s education reforms

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  1. Repair problems created by the Cultural Revolution
  2. Modernise China and facilitate economic reforms
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Why did Deng introduce the One child policy

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  • As China’s population was estimated to reach the billions by 2000
  • There was concerns about feeding and providing resources for a whole population
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What was the one child policy, what did it introduce

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  • A minimum age for marriage
  • Couples had to get a permit to give birth
  • Financial penalties for having more than one child
  • Late term abortion and sterilisations were given
  • Cash bonuses and extra rations for couples with only one child
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Negative impacts of the one child policy

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It produced problems such as:
- An increase in female infanticide, lead to a gender imbalance
- Mental health issues for boys
- Encouraged late abortions
It was difficult to enforce in the countryside

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What were the four cardinal principles that Deng was influenced by

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  1. The CCP would keep a leading role
  2. Rejection of multi party system
  3. No free elections
  4. No freedom of speech

L - leading role
O - one party state
S - speech no
E- elections no

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What was the Democracy wall movement

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  • Some people were demanding a more democratic political system
  • Led by students, posters began to appear on a wall near Tiananmen Square, Avenue of eternal peace
  • This became known as the Democracy wall
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When was the democracy wall movement

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Late 1970s

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Why did Deng change his stance on the Democracy wall movement

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  • At first he was a supporter of the wall as there was a lot of support for him
  • But the students started expressing anti-government and anti-party feelings
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What were students unhappy about and expressing on the democracy wall

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  • They were unhappy about the lack of democracy and assumed that Deng would introduce it when he became leader
  • Greatest agitation came from those who had suffered through the cultural revolution but had not benefited from Dengs new policies
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Who was Wei Jingsheng

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  • A former red guard
  • He published an article which made a strong attack on Deng, he accused the government of acting like the Qing dynasty
  • His criticisms were pinned to the democracy wall
  • Deng was shocked
  • Wei was imprisoned for 15 years
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What was Wei Jingsheng regarded as

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The first martyr of the democracy movement

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What was the democracy movement made up of

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It represented intellectuals who wanted political reforms to match Deng’s economic reforms

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What formed from the democracy movement

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Widespread demonstrations by Chinese students

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Two causes of the student protests in 1986

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  1. The democracy wall movement
  2. Wei Jingsheng
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What were the initial student protests caused by

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  • Poor conditions in which students lived in
  • High rents and prices caused by Deng’s economic policies
  • Poor job prospects
  • Corruption in the CCP for job hiring
  • Lack of control over what they could study
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What was the reason Deng announced that China did not need democracy

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Because the people had an enlightened government to rule for them

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The students wanted an end to dictatorship and an introduction to what

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  1. Free speech
  2. Democracy
  3. Multi-party elections
  4. Free elections
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What was the reaction of Hu Yaobang to the student protests

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He was sympathetic and criticised the slow pace of change, he was sacked

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Why did student protests start in 1989

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  • Started due to the death of Hu Yaobang
  • Students gathered in Tiananmen square to express their sadness
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Why did students like Hu Yaobang

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  • He had appeared to support them in 1986
  • He did not support Mao’s ideas, or Mao Zedong thoughts
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What caused the number of protests to grow in 1989

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  • When Li Peng refused to accept a petition asking for greater freedoms
  • This sparked boycotts and sit ins
  • Numbers rose in Tiananmen Square
  • Transport workers showed their support by letting students travel free
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Why did the Students refuse to call off their hunger strike when the government urged them to

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  1. They were achieving worldwide publicity
  2. Mikhail Gorbachev was due to visit Beijing, students were convinced they would not dare crush their demonstrations during his visit
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How did Deng take action against the protestors

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  • He declared Martial Law in China
  • Protestors blocked the roads and prevented troops from reaching Tiananmen square
  • This made Deng more determined to restore order
  • By June 350,000 PLA soldiers surrounded Tiananmen square and controlled the routes leading into it
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How many PLA soldiers did it take to surround Tiananmen square in June 1989

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350,000

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What was the massacre of June 1989

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  • PLA troops were told to reclaim the square at all costs
  • Students were marched away and imprisoned
  • Thousands of casualties
  • The government imposed a news blackout
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Why did Deng carry the massacre out on the students

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  • The students were unarmed and not fully united or determined
  • Deng could of used tear gas and water cannons
  • Deng wanted a violent end to the protest
  • The violence was to show the Chinese people the determination of the government to not tolerate opposition and to end the call for political reforms
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Result of the massacre

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  • Marked the end of the democracy movement
  • International reaction of condemnation and disapproval
  • Deng stated it was a legitmate

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