Communist China

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Communist China Mao ZeDong
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"Mao Zedong is regarded, along with Karl Marx and
V. I. Lenin, as one of the three great theorists
of Marxian communism.
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China 1900-1930s

• China unhappy with foreign countries taking
  advantage of their country (Imperialism) and
  people ? May 4th Movement.
• Open Door Policy
• Treaty of Versailles
• Japanese constantly invading
• Rape of Nanking (Manchuria) 1931
• Set up Civil War between Nationalists and newly
  formed group of Communists (Mao Zedong)
• Chinese communists Inspired by Marx and Lenin

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China Falls to Communism (Maos road to power)

• 1934 Mao led the famous Long March 100,000
  people started only 20,000 survived and his
  communists were victorious against the
  nationalists after a three year civil war.
• Chang Kai Shek was the leader of Chinese
  Nationalists and was supported by the US.
• Mao was the leader of the communists, he believed
  the strength was with the peasants.
• The two groups were fighting over the control of
  China
• Civil War Interrupted by WWII
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Mao Zedong

• After the communist victory over Chiang Kai-shek
  in 1949, and the establishment of the People's
  Republic of China, Mao's position was
  strengthened The U.S. failed to recognize the
  peoples republic of China.
• Great Leap Forward (1958)- established collective
  communities ? direct Soviet influence. It failed
  miserably people resented Soviet influence.
• Firmly rebutted figures--quoted in Hong Kong
  newspapers--that 20 million had perished. "How
  could we possibly kill 20 million people?" he
  asked. Clip

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Cultural Revolution in China

• Mass campaign in China ordered by Mao in 1966,
  aimed at renewing popular support for
  revolutionary communist. In the Cultural
  Revolution, Mao used the army and the student
  population against his opponents. It also was a
  great failure
• Mao annihilates his enemies claiming an estimated
  400,000 lives
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Mao Zedong Cultural Revolution

• Mao died in 1976
• Leaders Mao trained, like Deng Xiaoping, were
  able to reverse Mao's policies
• They gave back to the Chinese people the
  opportunities to express their entrepreneurial
  skills, leading to astonishing rates of growth
  and a complete transformation