Crucial Dates: China AOS 2

Question 1

The birth of the People’s republic of China

Answer 1

1 Oct 1949

Question 2

Agrarian Law reform

Answer 2

June 1950

Question 3

Chinese troops crossed into Tibet

Answer 3

7 Oct 1950

Question 4

Mao released decree approving the resist america aid korea campaign

Answer 4

8 Oct 1950

Question 5

Three antis movement (corruption, waste and bureaucratism)

Answer 5

Aug 1951

Question 6

5 antis movement (industrial sabotage, bribery, fraud, tax evasion, theft of govt property)

Answer 6

feb 1952

Question 7

marriage law

Answer 7

may 1950

Question 8

Chinese govt announced beginning of ‘general line for the transition to socialism’

Answer 8

1 october 1953

Question 9

the first 5 year plan

Answer 9

1953

Question 10

8th party congress

Answer 10

september 1956

Question 11

Hundred flowers campaign

Answer 11

May 1957

Question 12

Great leap forward (2nd 5 year plan)

Answer 12

may 1958

Question 13

Wuhan plenum (targets were reduced marginally, communes brought under greater degree of centralised accountability)

Answer 13

28 nov - 10 dec 1958

Question 14

Liu formally assumed presidency

Answer 14

april 1959

Question 15

Lushan plenum

Answer 15

Aug 1959

Question 16

3 bad years of famine

Answer 16

1959, 60, 61

Question 17

Liu and Deng restructure China’s economy

led to them being labelled capitalist roaders

Answer 17

1962

Question 18

Moscow announced they would be withdrawing their promise to provide china with nuclear weapons

Answer 18

20 june 1959

Question 19

Wu han publishes his play “Hai Rui dismissed from office”

Answer 19

January 1961

Question 20

7000 cadres conference

Answer 20

January 1962

Question 21

tenth plenum launches socialist education movement

Answer 21

september 1962

Question 22

learn from lei Feng campaign launched

Answer 22

2 march 1963

Question 23

learn from PLA campaign begins

Answer 23

1 feb 1964

Question 24

Quotations from chairman Mao (little red book) was made available for PLA use

Answer 24

may 1964

Question 25

china severs diplomatic relations with USSR

Answer 25

july 1964

Question 26

Five man group offers Feb Outline report on wu han issue

Answer 26

12 feb 1966

Question 27

may 16 circular forms cultural revolution small group (beginning of cultural proletariat revolution)

Answer 27

4-18 may 1966

Question 28

mao’s little red book published for mass readership

Answer 28

sept 1966

Question 29

Liu and Deng called before central committee to offer self criticisms

Answer 29

23 oct 1966

Question 30

liu undergoes first struggle session

Answer 30

1 jan 1967

Question 31

the destruction of 4 olds

Answer 31

1966

Question 32

school and university classes resume

Answer 32

14 oct 1967

Question 33

up to mountains, down to countryside campaign begins (between the beginning and 1972 around 17 million young people were sent to villages)

Answer 33

began 1968

Question 34

liu formally expelled from CCP

Answer 34

31 oct 1968

Question 35

2nd lushan plenum

Answer 35

23 aug 1970

Question 36

nixon arrives in Beijing

Answer 36

1 feb 1792

Question 37

Deng resumes duties as vice premier

Answer 37

29 march 1973

Question 38

10th party congress

Answer 38

24 aug 1973

Question 39

death of zhou enlai

Answer 39

8 jan 1976

Question 40

Mao dies

Answer 40

9th september 1976