intro chinese communist 2014
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Revolution in Chinaand Communist China
(How does this compare with the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s
Soviet Union)
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Background
• Manchu / Qing Dynasty maintained limited power while other nations held major concessions in the 20th century.
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QING DYNASTY FELL• Rural & urban
workers, nationalists, communists, and intellectuals protested against the government.
• The dynasty fell in 1911 and a weak provisional government took its place.
• 1911 – 1925 Chinese Republic
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CIVIL WAR 1925-1937
• After the provisional government failed, the NATIONALISTS led by Chiang Kai-shek, the COMMUNISTS led by Mao Zedong, and various WARLORDS began a CIVIL WAR for control of China
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Mao Zedong
• Led the army in developing guerilla warfare tactics to fight the Nationalists and later the Japanese
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1937 – Japan invaded China
• Communists & Nationalists fought the Japanese “separately together”.
• Communists were more effective in their guerilla war against the Japanese.
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Civil War Continued 1945-1949
• The West supported the Nationalist Army and the USSR sent some support to Mao
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Communist Victory
1949 • the Communists
founded the People’s Republic of China.
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China under Communist• Foreigners were
kicked out• Redistribution of land
by the government• Industrialization
began• Women gained power
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Mao consolidated power• Many who were
nationalists, upper-class, or dissidents were imprisoned in forced labor camps or killed.
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Social Class Changes• Wealthy upper class
(including ruling families) was removed.
• Landowning class was destroyed.
• Intellectuals attacked
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Great Leap Forward 1950s-
• Mao’s government took control of all the land.
• Started “back yard industrialization”
Great Leap Forward
• The plan failed miserably – famine caused over 20 million deaths, steel production dropped drastically.
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Both USSR and China
• Totalitarian government and leader– TOTAL control of all the gov, econ, and
culture– LAND collectivization /Industrialization– Gains in industrialization/women’s status– Millions of political “opponents”
imprisoned and/or executed– Millions die in famines– U.S. and its allies are enemies
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