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Chinese communism

Chinese communism. Post-WWII. Civil War Resumes Nationalist forces outnumbered Mao’s Communists but Communists had wide support from peasants Rural Chinese peasants had long been oppressed by brutal landlords, high taxes, policies of corrupt government. Public Support

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Chinese communism

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  1. Chinese communism

  2. Post-WWII Civil War Resumes • Nationalist forces outnumbered Mao’s Communists but Communists had wide support from peasants • Rural Chinese peasants had long been oppressed by brutal landlords, high taxes, policies of corrupt government Public Support • Communists promised to take land from landlords, distribute to peasants • By 1949, Communists had driven Nationalists almost entirely from China • Nationalist control limited to small areas on mainland, several islands, including Taiwan

  3. People’s Republic of China • October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong stood before huge crowd in Beijing and announced formation of People’s Republic of China

  4. Opposition to Mao • China faced many difficulties • Crippled economy • Lack of functional government • Some countries opposed to communism refused to recognize Mao • Claimed Jiang’s government on Taiwan was true Chinese government

  5. Chinese vs. Soviet Communism • China: rural peasants • Soviet Union: urban workers

  6. China under Mao • Government discouraged practice of religion • Seized property of rural landowners, redistributed among peasants • Put in place Soviet-style five-year plans for industrial development • 1957, first plan doubled China’s small industrial output • Early efforts to build economy successful • Improved economy, reduced poverty

  7. Early Years • Improvements in literacy rates, public health • Life expectancy increased sharply over next few decades • Came at a cost • To consolidate control, government began to eliminate “enemies of the state” who had spoken out against government policies • Many thousands – public officials, business leaders, artists, writers – killed or sent to labor camps

  8. Sino-Soviet Relations • Soviet Union provided financial support and aid in China’s early years • China modeled many of its new political, economic and military policies on the Soviet system • 1950s, territorial disputes, differences in ideology pushed China away from Soviet ally

  9. Sino-Soviet Split

  10. The Great Leap Forward • 1958 – break from Soviet-style economic planning – Mao announced program designed to increase China’s industrial and agricultural output • Created thousands of communes (collectively-owned farms) of about 20,000 people each • Each commune to produce food, have own small-scale industry

  11. The Great Leap Forward Failure • Small commune factories failed to produce quantity and quality needed • Poor weather + farmers’ neglect led to sharp drops in agricultural production • Famine spread through rural China; tens of millions starved to death between 1959 and 1961

  12. The Great Leap Forward Results • Criticism of Mao • Soviet criticism, withdrawal of Soviet industrial aid widened rift between two Communist nations • By early 1960s, relations had broken down completely; China virtually isolated in world community

  13. The Cultural Revolution • Mid-1960s, Mao tried to regain power and prestige • Sought to rid China of old ways, create society where peasants, physical labor were the ideal

  14. Red Guards • Campaign meant eliminating intellectuals who Mao feared wanted to end communism • Mao shut down schools, encouraged militant students (Red Guards) to carry out work of Cultural Revolution by criticizing intellectuals, values

  15. Cultural Revolution Failure • Mao lost control; Red Guards murdered hundreds of thousands of people • By late 1960s, China on verge of civil war before Mao regained control • Reestablished Mao’s dominance, caused terrible destruction, civil authority collapsed, economic activity fell off sharply

  16. China after mao

  17. Reforms Begin • 1976 – Mao dies; retreat from many of his policies • China begins to end isolation from world in early 1970s • Gang of Four imprisoned • Responsible for some of the worst features of Cultural Revolution

  18. Nixon visits China • 1972 – U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China and meets with Mao

  19. Deng Xiaoping • Put in place far-reaching market reforms “Four Modernizations” • Agriculture • Industry • Science & Technology • Defense

  20. Tiananmen Square • Spring 1989 – one million pro-democracy protestors killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

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