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When does Mao become the leader of the CCP?

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1934, after the long march

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When was the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) established?

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1921

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When do the Chinese fight the Japanese?

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The nationalists and communists unite to fight the Japanese in 1937

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When does the civil war start?

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1945

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When does the civil war end and Mao take control?

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In 1949 Mao proclaims victory of the communists and the foundation if the People’s Republic of China

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When was Mao born?

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1893 in to a land owning family

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What suggests Mao would be a good leader?

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Confidence
Determined
Devoted
Military and Political skill

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What suggests Mao would be unsuccessful?

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Better as a revolutionary than a leader
He creates fear making people respect him less
The fear he causes makes people lie to him - making him less knowledgeable and reducing his power

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What are three main structures of the government?

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The State Bureacracy
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

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What is a Party Cadre?

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Those who had been fully indoctrinated into Party Ideology and Communist methods were given leading roles at local level admin and political education

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What was the level of membership of the CCP like?

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December 1950 5.8 million out of 500 million population

Exclusive and only the most dedicated were allowed, in order to create an Elite Vanguard Party

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How many members are there in the politburo

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14

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What did Mao want for china?

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He wanted self reliance and restoration of Chinese power following humiliation from the west and japan
He didn’t want to rely on the already communist USSR

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What was Mao’s theory of continuing revolution?

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Mao believed that revolution was only just beginning when the CCP took power, due to the wide distribution of wealth

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What did Mao believe about classes?

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He thought the revolution was a class struggle and so did not trust officials who he believed would abuse power

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Would did Mao say about the people of China?

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He saw them as the key to success, they should keep check on the government to prevent it from dictatorship
Believed in mass mobilisation and thought that the people united could achieve anything

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When did the war with more begin?

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1950

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What % of the governments budget was spent on the PLA?

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41%

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How many new conscripts a year were joining the PLA?

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800,000

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How big was the PLA after the cuts?

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In 1953 there was 3.5 million men

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How big was the PLA before cuts?

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5,000,000 in 1950

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Why was the PLA important

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It had millions of young men passing through, who after 3 years would be trained in warfare and indoctrinated in communist ideology

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When was the Korean War?

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1950-53

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What was Laogai?

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They were labour camps used by Mao through terror and repression to remove anti communist threats

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How did Mao use terror and repression to increase control?

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He set up labour camps and used propaganda and stricter policing on everyone to make people inform on their peers of counter revolutionary ideas

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What was the resist America and Aid Korea campaign?

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Foreigners and Americans in particular were presented as the enemies of the PRC
Christian churches were forcibly closed and foreigners in China were often accuse of being spies and arrested
All western presence was eradicated and mass rallies put the population into a frenzy of suspicion

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What was the Suppression of Counter-revolutionaries campaign?

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October 1950 focused on GMD regime as well as bandits and religious members
Large numbers denounced, investigate and punished
Guangdong 56,000 bandits 89,000 criminals resulting in 30,000 executions
Many in public to scare others

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What was the Three-Antis campaign?

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Manchuria late 1951
Corruption, waste and obstructionist Bureaucracy
Managers, state officials party members
Meetings where people were denounced and ended in humiliation of the guilty
Succeeded to root out many of the corrupt practices

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What was the Five-Antis Campaign?

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January 1952
Against the bourgeoisie
Targeted bribery, tax evasion, the theft of state property, cheating on government contracts and economic espionage
Group criticism sessions organised for employers to confess or denounce

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What were the results of the Five-Antis?

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3,000 meetings in February 1953 in Shanghai alone
The guilty faced enormous fines, the confiscation of property and being sent to labour camps. No executions featured
2-3 million suicides rather than humiliation

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