china after mao
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Mao Zedong was the communist ruler of China from
1945 to 1976The Great Leap
Forward and the Cultural Revolution were two of Mao’s programs that he imposed on China
The Great Leap Forward was a terrible failure, while the Revolution was a success;
both meant tragedy for the Chinese people
The Cultural Revolution had the goal of strictly
imposing Mao’s communist beliefs on
the Chinese peopleThe “Little Red Book” was required reading
for all ChineseThe only thoughts and
opinions Chinese people were permitted
to have were Mao’s thoughts and opinions
The Cultural Revolution was successful for
Mao: traditional Chinese culture
was mostly destroyed, and
the Chinese people were
under his control
Of course, those who disagreed with or openly criticized Mao were beaten,
tortured, imprisoned, or killed by Mao’s thugs (the Red
Guard)
During his rule, Mao was
responsible for the murders or
starvation of over 40 million of his
own peopleMao was
extremely brutal, ruthless, and
absolutely uncaring of the fate of Chinese
citizens
Mao was perhaps the deadliest ruler in all of human history
The full extent of his crimes against humanity would not be known until
well after his death in 1976
Even though Mao had distanced himself from the USSR and began relations with the USA, China
remained a nation strictly controlled by communism
In 1978, Deng Xiaoping took over as ruler of China;
he kept communism in
place, but began new economic reforms
Deng Xiaoping's economic
reforms were called the Four
Modernizations; they involved
using capitalist ideas to help improve the
Chinese economy
As a result of farmers having an incentive to
work hard, food production increased
by over 50%
Price index for farm outputsGOAL #1: AGRICULTUREDeng ended collective
farms and allowed farmers to rent land and grow crops for a profit
GOAL #2: INDUSTRYAllowed private
businesses, relaxed controls over
government-run factories, and let
foreign companies open in China
As a result, incomes rose;
Chinese bought consumer goods,
like TVs and appliances
GOAL #3: DEFENSEChina modernized their military and built more nuclear weapons
GOAL #4: TECHNOLOGY China invested in
education, built a space program, and welcomed foreign
technological ideas
These economic reforms led to a boom in the overall Chinese economy; in 2010, China passed Japan and became the second-biggest economy in the world
China’s emphasis on education and the influx of Western companies led many Chinese to learn
more about democracy; they began to question their own lack of personal freedoms in China
Thousands of Chinese students demanded democracy from their government and protested
in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989
Thousands of Chinese students demanded democracy from their government and protested
in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989
Student leader Wang Dan in Tiananmen
Square calling for a city wide
march
How do you think the Chinese
government reacted to this
demonstration?
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http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org
Chinese soldiers and tanks attacked the crowd, killing
hundreds of protestors
The Chinese government arrested and executed leaders of the protest
An estimated 5000 were killed and
30,000 wounded
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http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org
The Communist Party increased control over citizens by repressing pro-democracy demands,
censoring the media and information, and restricting freedom of speech
Under British and Chinese control, Hong Kong served as one of the world’s major commercial and financial centers
Under British and Chinese control, Hong Kong served as one of the world’s major commercial and financial centers
China has one of the fastest
growing economies
in the world; others include Brazil, India,
Russia(BRIC nations)But, China has
a low wage work force, large gap
between rich and poor, few
personal freedoms, and human rights
violations
China Today Introduction to Diane Sawyer’s report on the “Stunning Economic Growth of China” (5:37)
Diane Sawyer’s full report on the “Stunning Economic Growth of China” (20:00)
Video on “Manufacturing & China’sEconomic Growth” (2.41)
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