Communism in Asia Flashcards
Who was fighting in the Civil War in China after WW2
The Communists led by Mao Zedong and the Kuomintang (KMT, or Chinese Nationalist Party)
Where did the Chinese Nationalist Party go after they lost the civil war?
They fled to Taiwan and formed their own government.
Who did Mao sign an alliance with in 1950?
The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance or Sino- Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance for short, is the treaty of alliance concluded between the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union on February 14, 195
Who did Mao believe was the revolutionary class?
Peasants. He didn’t like educated and wealthy people.
Mao followed the Soviet model of collective ______ where private property was no longer and production goals set by the government.
Collective ownership
What was the the difference between the Five Year Plan and the Great Leap Forward?
Mao wanted to modernize China’s economy, which was way behind the rest of the world, with the goal that it would become a superpower. The Five Year Plans were based on Stalin’s Five Year Plans in Russia.
The first Five Year Plan was introduced in 1953, focusing on steel, coal and iron production.
The “Great Leap Forward” was the name of China’s second Five Year Plan (1958-1963), focusing on agriculture and industry.
