Chinese Communist Revolution Unit 7 Section 3

Review Mao Zedong & The Communists vs Jiang Jieshi & The Guomindang What are the difference between the two groups? What event gained many followers for Mao Zedong and allowed him to escape the Guomindang in the interwar years? Why did they come together during World War II?

Communists in Power Two Chinas People’s Republic of China Taiwan Why were the communists successful in removing Jiang Jieshi and the Guomindag and creating a communist state in China?

Communism Under Mao Zedong Women What were the benefits and drawbacks for women under Chinese Communism? Economics Great Leap Forward Was it successful? Why or whynot? What other communist economic plan can we compare it to? Society The Cultural Revolution What was its goal? Was it successful?

Changes Under Deng Xiaoping The Four Modernizations What was the goal of the plan? Was it successful? Why or whynot? What other communist economic plans can we compare it to? Tiananmen Square Massacre What happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989? What impact did this have on relations between China and the West? What are three similarities between the Chinese Communism and Russian Communism?

Return of Hong Kong Who owned Hong Kong until 1997? Why was the return of Hong Kong of international concern?

Issues in China Today Tibet (To be Studied in Unit 8) Censorship Nationalism – wants independence from China Censorship National servers present information from reaching citizens Journalists arrested Population Control In November 2013 China announced the decision to relax the one-child policy. Under the new policy, families could have two children if one parent, rather than both parents, was an only child. Economic Success At What cost? - workers, quotas, wages, materials etc. Pollution