maos

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

expand China and restore it back to a powerful nation
backdrop of cold war and domino theory??
talk about losses and wins and how the losses outweigh the wins and the wins are underlying losses

Question 2

success x4

Answer 2

Tibet
military - 40k Chinese to 8500 Tibetans = bolstered Mao’s public image as a strong and competent leader
complete control - 17 point agreement 1951 23rd May, PLA take position
modernised region and built new roads and installed electricity and land reform well in west
=intereference in all aspects of tibetan life eg schooling and culture (destroyed monasteries)
=could not jsut exploit the region but convert to communist annex, through destruction of national identity and imposition

Question 3

failure x7

Answer 3

KOREA
eastern blco misconception, invadded on the 25th June 1950

military expenditure -in less than 6 motnhs 1/4 million under peng dehuai
180,000 chinese dead
=not in china’s best interests, should be focusing on domestic recovery rather than military expenditure

unprepared - PVA 2 mil volunteers sent in wiith limited heavy weapons and no armoured vehicles
-trash comapred to the UN forces

economic - cost china 2.6 bil Yuan

=pressured into joining a war that wasnt on his best interests on a domestic and international scale.

although he wasnt defeated, he still sustained significant and unforecasted losses, completely interrupting China’s plans for China’s reformation a sit diverted industrial resoources that were set aside for growth but went to the war effort

Question 4

USSR good

Answer 4

70% of Chia’s industries were concentrated on the coastal area
prolonged period of instability

Question 5

USSR bad x3

Answer 5

-economic - 60 mil $ a year -> BUT 1% interest every year
delayed domestic growth and inhibiting the CCP’s regime

-undermined Mao completely - Eastern European Comm Countries promised ‘immediate’ military and other assistance when Mao gets provided ‘all possible’ -> this relationship with stalin compeltely undermines Mao’s authority and legitimacy

-undermines Mao’s credibility as his main main manifesto point is not allowing foreign influence - yet he is indebted to the USSR?

Question 6

conc

Answer 6

although experienced successes - they were not exactly resounding successes as his foreign policy led to even more debt to the USSR and unforecasted losses delaying progress.