Crucial Dates: China AOS 2 Flashcards
The birth of the People’s republic of China
1 Oct 1949
Agrarian Law reform
June 1950
Chinese troops crossed into Tibet
7 Oct 1950
Mao released decree approving the resist america aid korea campaign
8 Oct 1950
Three antis movement (corruption, waste and bureaucratism)
Aug 1951
5 antis movement (industrial sabotage, bribery, fraud, tax evasion, theft of govt property)
feb 1952
marriage law
may 1950
Chinese govt announced beginning of ‘general line for the transition to socialism’
1 october 1953
the first 5 year plan
1953
8th party congress
september 1956
Hundred flowers campaign
May 1957
Great leap forward (2nd 5 year plan)
may 1958
Wuhan plenum (targets were reduced marginally, communes brought under greater degree of centralised accountability)
28 nov - 10 dec 1958
Liu formally assumed presidency
april 1959
Lushan plenum
Aug 1959
3 bad years of famine
1959, 60, 61
Liu and Deng restructure China’s economy
led to them being labelled capitalist roaders
1962
Moscow announced they would be withdrawing their promise to provide china with nuclear weapons
20 june 1959
Wu han publishes his play “Hai Rui dismissed from office”
January 1961
7000 cadres conference
January 1962
tenth plenum launches socialist education movement
september 1962
learn from lei Feng campaign launched
2 march 1963
learn from PLA campaign begins
1 feb 1964
Quotations from chairman Mao (little red book) was made available for PLA use
may 1964
china severs diplomatic relations with USSR
july 1964
Five man group offers Feb Outline report on wu han issue
12 feb 1966
may 16 circular forms cultural revolution small group (beginning of cultural proletariat revolution)
4-18 may 1966
mao’s little red book published for mass readership
sept 1966
Liu and Deng called before central committee to offer self criticisms
23 oct 1966
liu undergoes first struggle session
1 jan 1967
the destruction of 4 olds
1966
school and university classes resume
14 oct 1967
up to mountains, down to countryside campaign begins (between the beginning and 1972 around 17 million young people were sent to villages)
began 1968
liu formally expelled from CCP
31 oct 1968
2nd lushan plenum
23 aug 1970
nixon arrives in Beijing
1 feb 1792
Deng resumes duties as vice premier
29 march 1973
10th party congress
24 aug 1973
death of zhou enlai
8 jan 1976
Mao dies
9th september 1976