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China becomes communist
On october 1, 1949, Chinese communist leader MAO ZEDONG was recognized as the defender of china by the people. -
Mao put his first five year plan into effort and starts to use propaganda
The first five-year plan of Mao Zedong was put into effect in 1953 and used PROPAGANDA such as pamphlets and newspapers to familiarize the people of the new communist China. China, whose plan was based on the Soviet Union’s model of industrialization, was forced to sign agreements with the Soviet Union in 1953 to put their ideas into use. However, even though the amount of crops being produced increased, the income of money did not, causing the First Five Year Plan to be a failure. -
The Great Leap Forward
The GREAT LEAP FORWARD was estabilshed by Mao Zedong.The Great Leap Forward was meant to foster both industrial and agrian growth.This program set up commune systems that divided families to work on the land as well as send Chinese workers to improve the infrastructure.Yet during this time, there was a huge increased rate of starvation and FAMINES meaning extreme scarcity in food as well as a decline of industrial plants because of a lack of profit motive. This event was an economic faliture. -
The Four Modernizations
THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS were goals first set forth by Zhou Enlai in 1963, and enacted by Deng Xiaoping, starting in 1978, to strengthen the fields of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology in China. -
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Mao enlisted the support of the RED GUARDS, a national organization of young adults who were devoted to upholding Mao’s revolutionary ideas using violence and intimidation as their methods of enforcement. China was plunged into economic, political, and military chaos until order was restored by “revolutionary committees”, bringing an end the era of violent revolution in China. -
The Cultural Revolution
Mao was concerned that the energy and passion for the basic therory and practice of COMMUNISM was lacking.So the cultural Revolution was a desperte attempt for him to retain his power. Mao's strategy was to use the youth to raise mass consciousness to the dangers or capitalism – the revolution began in the universities and spread to the schools. Mao created the ''LITTLE RED BOOK' a blueprint of true communsim and how the country was going to get there. It was a way of brainwashing the children. -
End result of cultural revolution
Zhou Enlai (one of the Chinese leaders) ordered the peoples army to restore order by force – about 400,000 died and millions sent to correctional camps for re-education (“re-brainwashing”)
•17 million were sent out in work brigades in the country to live a simple life and learn proper ethics and morals.
•Students return to the cities and could not go back to school because they felt they were becoming a lost generation -
The death of Mao Zedong
•Mao died in 1976 – under him china became a united nation for the 1st time since 1911 -
Deng Xiaopling has power
After Mao dies, DENG XIAPLONG gained control of the government. Deng Xiaoping arose as leader and he wanted to modernize in agriculture, industry, defense and science. China was still not at all stable still. -
The Tiananmen Square massacre
TheTIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident were student-led demonstrations in Beijing which took place in the spring of 1989 and received broad support from city residents, exposing deep splits within China's political leadership. 10,000 students marched on Tiananmen sq. to demand political reforms and POLITICAL FREEDOM. -
The Tiananmen Square Massacre
The government conducted widespread arrests of protesters and their supporters, cracked down on other protests around China, expelled foreign journalists and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the domestic press.
