Mao's China: 4. Did Communism produce a cruel dictatorship in China? Flashcards
1
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Chinese Communist Party formed (with 57 members)
- led by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai • allied with the Guomindang
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1921
2
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January of this year
- Mao Zedong elected leader of Communists whilst on the ‘Long March’
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1935
3
Q
Communists won civil war against GMD and were in control of China
- Chairman Mao Zedong and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai shared power in China (the PRC)
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1949
4
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October of this year
- Mao established as President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing
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1949
5
Q
Mao resigned as President of China but remained Chairman of Communist Party
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1959
6
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Mao quarrelled with USSR leader Khrushchev who withdrew USSR advisors from China
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1960
7
Q
Leadership rivalry between Mao and Liu Shaoqui
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1960-65
8
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‘Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom’ started
- Debate and criticism of Communist China was allowed
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1956
9
Q
July of this year
- End of the One Hundred Flowers experiment
- 550,000 critics silenced (imprisoned or killed)
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1957
10
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Great Leap Forward was abandoned
- Mao humiliated by Great Leap Forward’s failure
- Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shao-qi now controlled China
- Mao remained Chairman of the Communist Party
- Communes made smaller and land returned to peasants
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1962
11
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By this year, Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shao-qui controlled China
- Mao had lost power
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1965
12
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The period of Mao’s ‘Cultural Revolution’
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1966-69
13
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Cultural Revolution: beginnings
- Mao swam in the Yangtse River to prove his fitness
- Millions of copies of Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’ of his quotations were distributed for free
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1966
14
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Cultural Revolution-
- Red Guards quickly went out of control and widespread violence followed
- Mass rallies and demonstrations
- Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shao-qui dismissed from their jobs and lost power
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1966
15
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Cultural Revolution-
- Violence and chaos
- Different Red Guard factions fought each other in street battles
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1967
