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Mao - Timeline Flashcards

1
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Communists defeat Nationalists and establish the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

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October 1949

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2
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the Korean War

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1950-53

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New Marriage Law

Gives more legal protection to women

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1950

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4
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Suppression of Counter-revolutionaries campaign begins

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1950

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5
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Three-Antis campaign begins

Eradicates corruption among Party and government officials

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1951

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6
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Five-Antis campaign is launched to eradicate corruption among businessmen

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1952

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First Agricultural Producers’ Cooperatives are established

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1952

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Launch of the First Five Year Plan for industry

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1953

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9
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Purge of Geo Gang and Rao Shushi from the Party Leadership

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1953

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‘Higher Stage’ Agricultural Producers’ Cooperatives mark a decisive shift towards the collectivisation of agriculture

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1955

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The Hundred Flowers campaign encourages intellectuals to criticise the Party followed by the anti-Rightist purge of intellectuals

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1957

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12
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Mao Launches the Great Leap Forward (Second 5 year plan for industry)

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1958

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13
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Purge of Peng Dehuai from the Party Leadership

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1959

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14
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Launch of the Third Five Year Plan

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1962

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15
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Start of a power struggle between Mao and Liu Shaoqi/Deng Xiaoping

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1962

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16
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Launch of the Little Red Book of quotations by Chairman Mao

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1962

17
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Launch of the Socialist Education Movement to spread Mao’s ideas and purge the Party

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1963

18
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China successfully tests its first atomic bomb

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1964

19
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Mao launches the Cultural Revolution

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1966

20
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January Revolution in Shanghai results in the overthrow of Party Leadership in the city by Red Guards. Leads to the February crackdown (PLA starts to suppress Red Guard violence)

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1967

21
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Cultural Revolution is officially declared to be over by Party Congress

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1969

22
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Lin Biao dies in an air crash after an unsuccessful attempt at a coup

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1971

23
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Anti-Confucius campaign is launched by the Gang of Four

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1973

24
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American President Richard Nixon visits China to begin the process of restoring normal relations between the two powers.

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1972

25
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Death of Zhou Enlai

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January 1976

26
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Demonstrations against the Gang of Four in Tiananmen Square

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April 1976

27
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Mao dies

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September 1976

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