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Theme 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What coordinated the PRC’s government?

A

The CCP

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2
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What did the CCP organise?

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Military, legal system and education

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3
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How much did party membership rise from 1949-50?

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Went from 4.5 million to 5.8 million

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4
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How many were in the central committee?

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49

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5
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How many were in the politburo?

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25

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6
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What was the campaign instructing people to learn from the attitudes of exemplified soldiers?

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‘Learn from the PLA’

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7
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How much labour did work teams of PLA soldiers carry out?

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1 week a year of free labour

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8
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Who were the targets of the suppress counter-revolutionaries campaign?

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Western businessmen, people formally part of the nationalist regime and christian missionaries

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9
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When was the definition of ‘counter-revolutionary’ changed to encompass any form of political dissent?

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1951

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10
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How many counter-revolutionary deaths were recorded during the first half of 1951?

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800,000

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11
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When was the three antis campaign?

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August 1951- July 1952

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12
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What were the three antis?

A

Waste, corruption and obstructionist bureaucracy in government

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13
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When was the five antis campaign?

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Feb - May 1952

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14
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Who did the five antis campaign target?

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Middle classes and private businessmen

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15
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How many attended one meeting directed at local party bosses accused of corruption?

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30,000

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16
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What % of businessmen in Shanghai were found guilty of one of the 5 antis?

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99%

17
Q

When was the invasion of Tibet?

A

October 1950

18
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Why was Tibet seen as a threat towards the regime?

A

Dalai Lama seen as a rival leader to Mao. Was also a border region and susceptible to foreign influence

19
Q

How many resisted the invasion of Tibet?

A

60,000

20
Q

When did Mao raise the population of Tibet to 10 million from 3 million?

A

1952

21
Q

When was the Tibetan uprising met with brutal response by the PLA?

A

1959

22
Q

How many Uighar Muslims were in Xinjiang?

A

3 million out of the 4 million population

23
Q

When had Peng Dehau and the PLA cleared all resistance in Xinjiang by?

A

March 1950

24
Q

How many in the region of Guandong were executed during the campaign to suppress counter revolutionaries?

A

28,000

25
Q

How many were undergoing forced labour in the Laogai’s by 1955?

A

> 1.3 million

26
Q

How many in the Laogai in 1955 were political prisoners?

A

300,000 doctors engineers and experts

27
Q

How many died in the Laogai under Mao’s rule?

A

est. 27 million died

28
Q

What was the Laogai’s contribution to industry and agriculture by the mid 1950’s?

A

Contributed to over 700 million yuan in industrial products and produced 350,000 tonnes of grain

29
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What were the 4 motives behind launching the hundred flowers campaign?

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1) Economic production stalling, needed experts to help recover
2) Wanted intellectuals to criticise the conservative communists, giving him an excuse to purge them
3) Prove he wasn’t a dictator
4) Overconfidence and ignorance of Mao

30
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When was the hundred flowers campaign launched?

A

May 2nd 1956

31
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What was the party cadres quota for the Anti-Rightist campaign?

A

5% of people in each Danwei

32
Q

How many intellectuals were sent to Laogai as a result of the Anti-Rightist campaign?

A

400,000 - 700,000

33
Q

When did the Korean War start?

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25th June 1950

34
Q

When did China join the Korean War?

A

October 1950

35
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How many died during the Korean War?

A

400,000

36
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What were the benefits of the Korean War?

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1) Benefitted international prestige
2) Increased domestic support
3) Allowed removal of opposition

37
Q

What was the financial cost of joining the Korean War?

A

$10 billion

38
Q

How many official executions were recorded in the first half of 1951?

A

135,000

39
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How did the Korean war impact foreign relations?

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1) West now completely against them, US stepped up military spending to $50 billion and turned Japan into an ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’
2) Now heavily dependent on USSR for economic aid and advice (ended badly)

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