Communist China since 1949
Civil War Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-shek
Great Leap Forward 1955: Chinese Gov. starts new program to build socialist society Private farmland collectivized Industry and commerce nationalized 1958: GREAT LEAP FORWARD Combined collective farms into large communes Fails miserably, millions starve
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Permanent Revolution: An atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor Mao believed only this could produce a classless society Started to create a working-class culture
Cultural Revolution: Effects Red Guards formed to eliminate “FOUR OLDS” Old IDEAS, CULTURE, CUSTOMS, HABITS attacked Destroyed temples, foreign books, music, etc. Street signs changed to revolutionary names Pro-Western people and ideas were targeted
China after Mao Mao dies 1976 Deng Xiaoping ended Cultural Revolution Four Modernizations: Industry, Agriculture, Technology, National Defense Modernization worked Standard of living rose