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Explain the causes and consequences of China’s adoption of communism.
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"A poster for schools shows the ideal people's commune, with a rich harvest, backyard furnaces, communal facilities for eating and washing, a centre for the elderly and the people's militia," 1958.
Historical Development
Historical Development
As a result of internal tension and Japanese aggression, Chinese communists seized power. These changes in China eventually led to the communist revolution. In addition, the government-controlled the national economy through the Great Leap Forward, often implementing repressive policies, with negative repercussions for the population.
Key Words:
Key Words:
Land Reform
Red Guards
Mao Zedong
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
White Revolution
The Rise of Communism in China
Causes of Communism in China
Causes of Communism in China
Starting around 1910, a series of events resulted in the expansion of communism within China.
Communism in China
Communism in China
Chinese Communism was no different from their Soviet neighbors and immediately began to collectivize farms & transform their industrial power. Mao Zedong, the communist leader, and his party owned and controlled almost everything in society; including property, means of production, education, transportation, & agriculture.
Mao's Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward of communist China was an economic & social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1958 -1962. Chairman Mao launched the campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian [farming] system into 'collectivized' farms, & to create new factories across China. It was an utter failure.
Mao's Cultural Revolution
Mao’s power was weakened after the failure of the Great Leap Forward & attempted to regain his control. He did that by pitting the radical youth against China's older. generations. But this too had many consequences for Chinese society, at every level.
People to Know:
People to Know:
May 16, 1966, is regarded as the beginning of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in China which was led by the Red Guards – young men who formed a new military group led by Mao. In addition, all young people, as seen above, were to reassert their devotion to Mao & Communist China.
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