Establishing Communist Rule (1949-57) Flashcards

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what methods of terror was used ?

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The great terror 1950-51

Millions arrested + given black class labels

Crackdown on criminals such as Triads

over 100k arrested- most killed

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what was the three antis (1951-52)

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targeted corruption + waste led by Bo Yibo

It caused 100,000 to be caught in east china alone by
- ‘tiger hunting teams’

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what was the five antis ( 1951-52)

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targeted tax evasion + bribery
- directly targeted the ‘bourgeoisie’

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Pros and cons of the five antis

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Pro

  • not many executions but around 2-3 mill people caught commited suicide due to fear of public humiliation

Con

  • lots of false accusations during this campaign by businessmen to get rid of their rivals
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Reunification Campaigns 1949-50

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Tibet captured in 1950

  • easy for Mao as Tibetans lacked modern weapons

-Mao’s campaign sought to destroy Tibetan culture, language and religion

Xinjiang with Uyghur pop strategically important +
acted as a buffer zone

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Reunification Campaigns 1949-50

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Tibet captured in 1950

  • easy for Mao as Tibetans lacked modern weapons

-Mao’s campaign sought to destroy Tibetan culture, language and religion

Xinjiang with Uyghur pop strategically important +
acted as a buffer zone

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what was the Laogai system

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Developed in the 1950s similar to Russian Gulag

  • described as a place of ‘re-education’
  • in reality = BRUTAL LABOUR CAMPS

Mao + CCP used them as fear and terror to keep population in line

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Significance of the Laogai system

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by 1955 slave labour generated over 700 million yuan

And over 300K tonnes of grain

During the whole period 20-25 million deaths in Laogai camps

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what was the 100 flowers campaign 1957

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mao suprised everyone by calling for an open discussion + criticism of the CCP

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why did mao launch the 100 flowers campaign

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Mao might’ve called for the 100 flowers campaign to show he wasn’t a DICTATOR like STALIN

However it might’ve been a trap

  • 100flowers halted when lots of criticisms flooded and people labelled as ‘rightists’
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events of the 100 flowers campaign

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100 F was slow at star - people were scared

after a while a trickle of comments surfaced which turned into

  • HUGE FLOODS of criticisms came with it aimed at specific polcies and even individual leaders
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change in events of the 100 flowers campaign

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after the flood of criticisms

100F debate halted and turned into a ‘ANTI-RIGHTIST’ campaign

up to 500k people labelled as
- ‘poisonous weeds’
- ‘rightists’

and sent to laogai camps

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