Unit 4: The Chinese Revolution AOS2: Consequences- Quotes Flashcards
“[The ________ __________] was not just a _____ ____.” - Rana ______
“[The Cultural Revolution] was not just a power play.” - Rana Mitter
“[The ________ __________] was a spectacle of ____________” - Tom _______
“[The Cultural Revolution] was a spectacle of destruction” - Tom Holland
“___ had become _________ that the __________ had lost its ____” - Rana ______
“Mao had become convinced that the revolution had lost its fire” - Rana Mitter
“_____ hold up half the ___.” - Mao ______
“Women hold up half the sky.” - Mao Zedong
“The ______ were governed ________ and ___________ for the first time in modern _______ history.” - Maurice _______
“The cities were governed honestly and efficiently for the first time in modern Chinese history.” - Maurice Meisner
“Many ___________ simply turned ___ when the ____ went on, silently, like ________ put in hot _____.” - Ross _______ (on Wufan)
“Many capitalists simply turned red when the heat went on, silently, like lobsters put in hot water.” - Ross Terrill (on Wufan)
“…______________ between fragrant _______ and poisonous _____.” - Mao ______
“…distinguishing between fragrant flowers and poisonous weeds.” - Mao Zedong
“The ______ road is the road all ________ will eventually take. To ______ this road is __________” - Liu ______
“The Soviet road is the road all humanity will eventually take. To bypass this road is impossible” - Liu Shaoqi
“___ was setting a ____…___was planning to _________ the educated en _____” - Jung _____ and Jon ________ (on Hundred Flowers)
“Mao was setting a trap…Mao was planning to persecute the educated en masse” - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday (on Hundred Flowers)
“___’s early attempts to _________ the _______ economy carried the stamp of ______ influence” - Michael _____ (on the First Five-Year Plan)
“Mao’s early attempts to modernise the Chinese economy carried the stamp of Soviet influence” - Michael Lynch (on the First Five-Year Plan)
“Half of _____ may well have to ___.” - Mao ______
“Half of China may well have to die” - Mao Zedong
“The main features of the people’s _______ are that it is ______ and more _________” - Mao ______
“The main features of the people’s commune are that it is bigger and more socialist” - Mao Zedong
“The _______ could not be _____, but he could be ________” - Li ______
“The emperor could not be wrong, but he could be deceived” - Li Zhisui
“It was the _______ of a utopian ______ vision, not an ________ plan” - Maurice _______
“It was the product of a utopian social vision, not an economic plan” - Maurice Meisner
“a ___-made ___________” - John ____ ________
“a Mao-made catastrophe” - John King Fairbank
“there has been a great ____ of falling _________” - Liu ______ (on the Great Leap Forward)
“there has been a great deal of falling backwards” - Liu Shaoqi (on the Great Leap Forward)
“The thoughts of the ________ are always _______” - Lin ____
“The thoughts of the Chairman are always correct” - Lin Biao
“___ started ________ the ground for a big _____” - Jung _____ and Jon ________
“Mao started clearing the ground for a big purge” - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
”[_______ party members] decided to subtly ____, divert or ______ his ________” - Immanuel ___
“[Senior party members] decided to subtly block, divert or modify his policies” - Immanuel Hsu
”[___ ______] served as a constructive and ___________ force within the _____ and the ______” - Lowell _______
“[Liu Shaoqi] served as a constructive and stabilising force within the party and the regime” - Lowell Dittmer
“They do not ____ the _________ road, but they now ____ the _____” - Mao ______
“They do not take the socialist road, but they now hold the power” - Mao Zedong
“The more ______, the more _____________” - Jiang ____
“The more brutal, the more revolutionary” - Jiang Qing
“The ________ __________ had nothing revolutionary about it except the ____, and nothing cultural about it except its first ________ ______” - Simon ____
“The Cultural Revolution had nothing revolutionary about it except the name, and nothing cultural about it except its first tactical excuse” - Simon Leys
“[The ________ __________ ] turned out to be anti-________, anti-____________, and anti-__________” - Immanuel ___
“[The Cultural Revolution] turned out to be anti-cultural, anti-intellectual, and anti-scientific” - Immanuel Hsu
