Reunification Campaigns Flashcards

1
Q

What were Reunification Campaigns?

A

They were campaigns by the PLA to seize the peripheral regions of China.

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2
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What religion did the CCP want to exterminate in Tibet?

A

Buddhism

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What alternative leadership did the CCP want to exterminate in Tibet?

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The Dalai Lama

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4
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How many Tibetans resisted the invasion?

A

60,000

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5
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What was the capital of Tibet and when was it taken by the PLA?

A

The capital of Lhasa was taken in November 1950.

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6
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What were the representatives of the Dalai Lama forced to sign?

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A 17-point ‘Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet’, which set out the terms of merging Tibet with the PRC.

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7
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What did the Tibet Agreement wipe out?

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All traces of Tibetan identity (Tibetan history and language from schools).

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8
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What was the population of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang?

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4 million

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9
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What tactics did the CCP use to take control of Xinjiang?

A

Military force and negotiations, inviting the nationalist leaders to the CPPCC in 1949?

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10
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What happened to the Xinjiang nationalist leaders?

A

They all died in a plane crash.

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By what date had the PLA cleared all resistance by in Xinjiang?

A

March 1950

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12
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In Xinjiang, what did the government sponsor?

A

An in-migration of Han Chinese settlers that were sent to populate Xinjiang and to develop mining and industry.

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What did the PLA organise these Xinjiang settlers into?

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A coordinated militia. the ‘production and construction’ corps.

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14
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In Guangdong there was believed to be…

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a strong anti-communist sentiment that remained strong in that area.

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How many people were estimated to have been executed during the ‘Campaign to Suppress Counter-Revolutionaries’?

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28,000

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