China Under Deng Xiaoping

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China Under Deng Xiaoping
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Mao died in 1976 and Deng Xiaoping took over as
the leader of China Deng brought about major
social and economic changes to China Deng
introduced elements of capitalism (private
enterprise) and allowed more personal freedoms
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• Political Changes
• Deng made sure Mao was no longer treated like a
  god.
• He got rid of the leaders who supported Mao
• He wanted to get more educated people in the
  government
• Economic Policy
• All major industry was still run by the
  government but Deng allowed individuals to own
  small shops
• He encouraged trade with the West for more
  technology

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In 1979 China announced the one-couple,
one-child policy.

• Couples who agreed to have only one child got
  better housing, free medical care, and pay
  increases.
• Those who did not comply were fined, had their
  salaries reduced, and even lost their jobs.
• Urban couples are allowed one child , while rural
  couples are often allowed to have two children.
• This policy may be reviewed again in decade.

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The Massacre at Tiananmen Square
1. On June 3, 1989, the government of China sent
in heavily armed troops and tanks into Tiananmen
Square to clear away the student demonstrators 2.
The students were there protesting for more
political freedoms and democracy in the
government. 3. The troops killed around 1,000 of
the demonstrators 4. Though Deng allowed greater
economic freedoms, there were never any
political freedoms 5. Most of the protesters were
students that had been educated in countries that
were free so they wanted to bring that freedom to
China
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• In the spring of 1989 student began to
  congregate at Tiananmen Square in Beijing
  which is the largest square in China
• The students wanted greater freedom, and end
  to corruption
• The government saw the protesters as a threat to
  their rule and threaten to strike at them but the
  students refused to go
• The whole world watched all this on the news.