education + health + religion Flashcards
what was pinyin and why was it significant?
-official written script of mandarin across whole of china
-reduced number of characters in the alphabet
name 3 educational reforms that were introduced
-national network of primary school established
-textbooks designed to help with literacy
-literacy drives launched - winter schools for workers and peasants
when were important educational reforms introduced?
1969
what educational reforms were introduced in 1969?
-more rural primary schools
-new adult literacy schemes
-greater access to middle schools and universities for children of peasants and working people
what was the main function of barefoot doctors?
-hygiene - prevention of diseases and spread
-family planning (contraception)
-remedies for common illnesses
-adminstering vaccines
what happened in the 50s and 60s?
CCP invested in healthcare
name 3 ways that china invested in healthcare in the 50s and 60s
-each commune had a medical clinic
-100,000 fully qualified doctors between 1949 and 1965
-800 modern hospitals built
why did mao persecute buddhists?
-buddhism = crucial part of buddhist culture
-scared buddhists might organise resistance to chinese rule
when was buddhism mainly attacked?
-resist america, aid korea campaign - buddhist temples converted into barracks and hospitals
-attacked during anti-rightist purge and four-olds campaign
why did the CCP not like confucianism?
-stressed importance of respecting traditional authority
why did the CCP not like christianity?
-western capitalists’s plan to dominate china
what was the church established by the CCP called?
the patriotic three-self church
why did the CCP not like islam?
-local imams had the authority to challenge communism within their communities
-lots of chinese muslims lived on the border - could break away and join other countries
why did the CCP attack ancestor worship?
-superstitious tradition that kept people trapped in traditional ways of thinking
