defeating CCP opponents Flashcards
why was the reunification campaigns set up
to mop up remaining areas of GMD (nationalists) military resistance in the south and impose political control
when where the three reunification campaigns
between 1949-50
were where the three reunification campaigns
Guangdong, GMD heartland captured by PLA in 2 weeks
Xinjiang, future communist control was established by conquest and negotiation
and Xinjiang became a security buffer zone for PRC
Tibet, invaded in October 1950 taking 6 months to conquer and PRC tried to destroy Tibetan identity by promoting Chinese lifestyle
How was labelling a use of terror against opponents of communist rule
every individual was given a class labelled by the a household registration system. the labels would determined individuals fate for years to come. bad classes where landlords, rich peasants and capitalists, where as good classes where industrial workers, revolutionary cadres and poor and lower middle peasants.
police than monitored bad classes, if had nationalists connection may be forced to write confessions or recant in public
no serious repercussions though as many went to re education camps and humiliation was in most cases temporary
How did CCP crackdown on crime
short term answer for petty criminals (beggars or prostitutes) was relocation into countryside or locking them up
didn’t work many came back and entered re-education camps
150,000 gangsters were arrested or killed
how were counter revolutionaries suppressed in 1950
started when PLA was sent to Korea gave perfect excuse for Mao to crush those against him
Tao Zhu clamped down in Guangxi province and was responsible for over 46,000 bandits deaths
Luo Ruiqing killed 45,000 by October 1951 from 220 in Jan
Terror claimed to have killed 710,000 by 1954 but could be as high as 2 million, several million were sent to labour camp or under surveillance
lead to population becoming isolated as many would informed on friends to save themselves.
When was Three anti campaign launched
end of 1951
what did the three antis campaign target
targeted corruption, waste and delay in the government and party
reality removing anti-communists
what event was the starting point of the three antis campaign
two leading members of the CCP (Zhang Zishan and Liu Qingsha) where charged with embezzling sums from the party they were executed
Who was head of the antis campaigns, what did their methods include
Bo Yibo his methods included mass meetings were managers and officials were denounced by colleagues if guilty they were forced into humiliating confessions
what were the two terms given to opponents during three antis campaign
Flies, for smaller scale embezzlements
tigers for large scale perpetrators
how many did Bo Yibo catch
by 1952 boasted 100,000 tigers caught this impressed outsiders but those involved knew most accusations were false
when was the purge widened and what did it develop into
widened in January 1952 to 5 antis campaign
who did 5 antis campaign target
bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property fraud and economic espionage
basically Mao targeted bourgeoise
also increased control over economy
how was 5 antis campaign carried out
party activists encouraged workers to accuse employers of anything
denunciation boxes were implemented to speed up this process
