Unit 4: The Chinese Revolution AOS2: Consequences- Quotes Flashcards

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“[The ________ __________] was not just a _____ ____.” - Rana ______

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“[The Cultural Revolution] was not just a power play.” - Rana Mitter

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“[The ________ __________] was a spectacle of ____________” - Tom _______

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“[The Cultural Revolution] was a spectacle of destruction” - Tom Holland

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“___ had become _________ that the __________ had lost its ____” - Rana ______

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“Mao had become convinced that the revolution had lost its fire” - Rana Mitter

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“_____ hold up half the ___.” - Mao ______

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“Women hold up half the sky.” - Mao Zedong

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“The ______ were governed ________ and ___________ for the first time in modern _______ history.” - Maurice _______

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“The cities were governed honestly and efficiently for the first time in modern Chinese history.” - Maurice Meisner

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“Many ___________ simply turned ___ when the ____ went on, silently, like ________ put in hot _____.” - Ross _______ (on Wufan)

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“Many capitalists simply turned red when the heat went on, silently, like lobsters put in hot water.” - Ross Terrill (on Wufan)

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“…______________ between fragrant _______ and poisonous _____.” - Mao ______

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“…distinguishing between fragrant flowers and poisonous weeds.” - Mao Zedong

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“The ______ road is the road all ________ will eventually take. To ______ this road is __________” - Liu ______

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“The Soviet road is the road all humanity will eventually take. To bypass this road is impossible” - Liu Shaoqi

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“___ was setting a ____…___was planning to _________ the educated en _____” - Jung _____ and Jon ________ (on Hundred Flowers)

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“Mao was setting a trap…Mao was planning to persecute the educated en masse” - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (on Hundred Flowers)

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“___’s early attempts to _________ the _______ economy carried the stamp of ______ influence” - Michael _____ (on the First Five-Year Plan)

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“Mao’s early attempts to modernise the Chinese economy carried the stamp of Soviet influence” - Michael Lynch (on the First Five-Year Plan)

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“Half of _____ may well have to ___.” - Mao ______

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“Half of China may well have to die” - Mao Zedong

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“The main features of the people’s _______ are that it is ______ and more _________” - Mao ______

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“The main features of the people’s commune are that it is bigger and more socialist” - Mao Zedong

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“The _______ could not be _____, but he could be ________” - Li ______

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“The emperor could not be wrong, but he could be deceived” - Li Zhisui

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“It was the _______ of a utopian ______ vision, not an ________ plan” - Maurice _______

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“It was the product of a utopian social vision, not an economic plan” - Maurice Meisner

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“a ___-made ___________” - John ____ ________

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“a Mao-made catastrophe” - John King Fairbank

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“there has been a great ____ of falling _________” - Liu ______ (on the Great Leap Forward)

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“there has been a great deal of falling backwards” - Liu Shaoqi (on the Great Leap Forward)

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“The thoughts of the ________ are always _______” - Lin ____

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“The thoughts of the Chairman are always correct” - Lin Biao

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“___ started ________ the ground for a big _____” - Jung _____ and Jon ________

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“Mao started clearing the ground for a big purge” - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday

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”[_______ party members] decided to subtly ____, divert or ______ his ________” - Immanuel ___

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“[Senior party members] decided to subtly block, divert or modify his policies” - Immanuel Hsu

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”[___ ______] served as a constructive and ___________ force within the _____ and the ______” - Lowell _______

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“[Liu Shaoqi] served as a constructive and stabilising force within the party and the regime” - Lowell Dittmer

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“They do not ____ the _________ road, but they now ____ the _____” - Mao ______

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“They do not take the socialist road, but they now hold the power” - Mao Zedong

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“The more ______, the more _____________” - Jiang ____

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“The more brutal, the more revolutionary” - Jiang Qing

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“The ________ __________ had nothing revolutionary about it except the ____, and nothing cultural about it except its first ________ ______” - Simon ____

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“The Cultural Revolution had nothing revolutionary about it except the name, and nothing cultural about it except its first tactical excuse” - Simon Leys

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“[The ________ __________ ] turned out to be anti-________, anti-____________, and anti-__________” - Immanuel ___

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“[The Cultural Revolution] turned out to be anti-cultural, anti-intellectual, and anti-scientific” - Immanuel Hsu