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Topic 5. China after Mao Flashcards

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1
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Who were possible Mao successors before 1970?

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Lin Biao and PLA
Chou Enlai and government
Jiang Qing an Gang of Four

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Why did Lin Biao die?

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Plan to overthrow Mao apparently was released (Project 571)

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When and how did Lin Biao die?

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1971 in plane crash

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Reasons for rise of Gang of Four

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Jian Qing grew during Cultural Revolution
Death of Zhou Enlai - led to riots as wreaths had been removed, Gof4 blamed it on Deng.

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5
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Who did Mao choose as his successor?

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Hua Gupfeng

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6
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How were Gang of Four arrested?

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Hua invited them to urgent meeting about Mao’s memorial arrangements. When they arrived they were arrested.

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7
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Who became leader of China in 1978

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Deng Xiaoping

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8
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When were Gof4 put in trial?

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1980-81

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9
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What were Gof4 accused of?

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Planning to overthrow communist state
Trying to use Red Guards to remove Deng and Liu in 1966.
Punishing and torturing opponents

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10
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How did Jiang Qing react during trail?

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She accused judges of being revisionist spies.

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11
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Deng saying which meant he would move away from Communism (in terms of economy)

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“It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice”

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12
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What were Deng’s economic aims?

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To modernise Chinese economy
To develop trade with outside world
To encourage foreign investment into China

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Reasons for Deng’s reforms

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  1. Machines old-fashioned, factories inefficient.
  2. Co.operative farms were failing to produce enough food. 1982 - China had to import 13.7 million tons of grain
  3. Grinding poverty was made worse by serious droughts and floods in 1980-1981
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Reasons for changes in agriculture

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Production didn’t meet demands
Communes meant farmers had no incentive to produce more
Still used traditional farming methods

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15
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What did Deng’s agricultural reform include?

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HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM:
- Still no private ownership
- Quota in exchange for using land for 15 years
- Could choose what to grow
- Had control over their labour and could distributed them as they wished
- All extra produced sold for profit

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16
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Effects of agricultural reforms

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By 1984 - 98% of households involved in system
Income per capita (from rural residents) went from 103.9 Yuan in 1978 -> 545 Yuan in 1988

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17
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What was the industry reform called?

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10-Year Plan

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18
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What does SOE stand for?

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State-Owned Enterprises - However - managers told to run factories profitably and introduce incentives for workers.

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What were TVEs

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Town and Village Enterprises - small businesses in countryside

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20
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What are SEZs?

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Special Economic Zones - Provided cheap labour for western firms.

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21
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Positive effects of industrial reform

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Export trade grew by 500%
Record number of consumer goods.
By 1990 TVEs employed 100 million people.

22
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Why were changes in education needed after Mao?

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Cultural revolution meant that by 1979 6% had been educated to degree level.
Industrial progress required mechanical expertise.

23
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What did Deng’s education reforms do?

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Examinations for University entry restored.
Private universities allowed.
Research institutes re-opened
Students encouraged to travel to West for university education.

24
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Why was One Child Policy introduced?

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By 1979 china population = 974 million.
Estimated that by 2000, pop would = 1.28 billion
Concerns about feeding + resources.

25
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What was included in One Child Policy?

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Minimum age for marriage raised.
Couples needed permit to give birth
Financial penalties for having more than one child.
State could order abortions.
Cash bonuses for small families.

26
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Positive effects of One Child Policy

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Reduced fertility rate

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Negative effects of One Child Policy

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Difficult to enforce in countryside.
Encouraged late abortion.
Increase in female infanticide. boys:girls = 114:100
Mental health issues in boys

28
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What were the “Four Cardinal Principles?

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Speech (freedom)
Multi-party system
Elections (free)
Leading role (CCP)

29
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What was the Democracy Wall movement?

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Posters began to appear in 1979 in the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Students usually did this.
Students started expressing anti-communist feeling. Unhappy about lack of democracy.

30
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What did Wei Jingsheng publish

A

Article criticising lack of democracy called the fifth modernisation.

31
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What happened to Wei after he published the article?

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15 years imprisonment

32
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Why was Wei Jingsheng significant?

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Inspired other activists and was seen as first martyr of the democracy movement.

33
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What were the student protests in 1986 about?

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Poor conditions for students
high rents
Poor job prospects
Corruption in CCP
Controls on what they could study and which books they could read

34
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What did students call for in 1980s

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Democracy
Free speech
Multi-Party system
Free elections

35
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Reaction of Deng and the CCP to 1986 student protests

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Hu Yaobang sacked (after showing support)
Deng ordered arrest of student leaders and tightened censorship.

36
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What started student protests in 1989?

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The death of Hu Yaobang

37
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How did Hu Yaobang die?

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Heart attack

38
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Why did students like Hu Yaobang?

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1- He supported them in 1986
2- Was one of first Chinese officials to abandon Mao suits
3- When asked about which of Mao’s theories were desirable he said “I think, none”

39
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Where did students gather in 1989?

A

Tiananmen Square

40
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How were student protests in 1989 worsened?

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Li Peng refused to accept petition from greater freedoms

41
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Who was Li Peng?

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Chinese Premier in 1989

42
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How many people now gathered in Tiananmen Square after Li Peng’s actions?

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100,000 students

43
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When did the hunger strike begin?

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May 1989

44
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How many students started the hunger strike?

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300

45
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Why did the students refuse to call off hunger strike?

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It was receiving worldwide publicity
Mikhail Gorbachev (good Russian leader) was due to visit Beijing.

46
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What did Deng do after Gorbachev left?

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Declared Martial Law

47
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How many PLA soldiers did Deng send to Tiananmen Square?

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350,000

48
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When was the Massacre in Tiananmen Square?

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3rd - 4th of June 1989

49
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Features of Massacre

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Troops and tanks move in and at 10 pm first shots were fired. It finished by midday the next day.
Unknown number of casualties
Government imposed news blackout

50
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Reasons for massacre

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To show Chinese people that government would not tolerate opposition

51
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Results of the Massacre

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  • End of Democracy Movement
  • Deng claimed attack on ‘counter revolutionaries’
  • Usa introduced economic sanctions

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