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• What type of government did China adopt during Mao Zedong’s rule?
• What country did China use a model for this type of government?
• Why might Stalin have been happy about what was going on within China?
• Homework: NONE
Communism in China
Ch. 21 Sect. 2
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong spreads Communism
Characteristics of Communism:
• A FORM OF SOCIALISM
• ONE LEADING RULER
• STRUGGLE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES UNAVOIDABLE.
• GOVERNMENT CONTROL EXTREME
• NATIONALISM
PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
WHY DID THEY WIN?
• MAO WON THE SUPPORT OF PEASANTS.
• WOMEN BACKED MAO.
• MAO WAS ABLE TO OUT FIGHT THE CURRENT LEADER.
MAKING THE ECONOMY STRONGER
• BUSINESSES NATIONALIZED.
• 5 YEAR PLANS….WHO CAN THESE BE COMPARED TO?
• COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE.
WITH COMMUNISM COMES TOTALITARIANISM
MAO BECAME CHINA’S RULER.
• TOTALITARIAN STATE WITH COMMUNISM LEADING THE COUNTRY.
• COMMUNISM EVEN REPLACED RELIGION---- CONFUCIANISM.
THE HIGHER CLASSES FOUGHT TERROR FROM THE
GOVERNMENT.
• WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PEASANTS AND THE LOWER CLASS OVER THE MIDDLE OR HIGHER CLASS?
LITERACY/WOMEN’S RIGHTS
• SCHOOLS WERE OPENED.
• WOMEN WIN EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW.
WHILE MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS SEEMED GOOD, IT
CAME AT A HEAVY COST.
• 2 MAIN EVENTS LEAD TO ECONOMIC RUIN AND MANY LIVES LOST IN CHINA.
GREAT LEAP FORWARD
• MAKE A LARGER EFFORT TO INCREASE FARM & INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT.
• COMMUNES=LAND, VILLAGES, PEOPLE.– EACH COMMUNE HAD A PRODUCTION
QUOTA.
IT FAILS!
• QUOTAS WERE NOT MET.
• BAD WEATHER HIT; WHICH LEAD TO LESS FOOD.
BETWEEN 1959-1961 30 MILLION CHINESE DIE FROM HUNGER.
1966- GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION
• PURGE CHINA OF BOURGEOIS/ NONREVOLUTIONARIES.
TEENAGERS FOR RED GUARDS
WHAT IS IN THEIR HANDS?
THESE GROUPS TARGETED PEOPLE OF AUTHORITY AND
ANYONE WHO WAS BELIEVED TO A
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY.
• SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES CLOSED.
• ECONOMY SLOWED.
• THIS GENERATION BECAME KNOWN AS THE “LOST GENERATION”
COMPARE THE FOLLOWING TWO QUOTES
• “THE POLICY OF LETTING A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOSSOM AND A HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT CONTEND IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE FLOURISHING OF THE ARTS AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.”
Write an explanation about this quote.
• “SWOLLEN IN HEAD, WEAK IN LEGS, SHARP IN TONGUE, BUT EMPTY IN BELLY.”
• Write down what the difference is between the quotes. – Think time period; who may be saying it
exc.