Communism Spreads in East Asia Ch.18.3 Communism Spreads in East Asia

China’s Communist Revolution Mao Zedong Support of peasants Land for poor Conquered Tibet in 1950

Communist one-party totalitarian state Discouraged Buddhism, Confucianism Opponents= counterrevolutionaries Beaten, labor camps or killed

Collectivization Great Leap Forward program Increase output Communes Program failed 55 million starved

1966 Mao launched the Cultural Revolution Schools closed Bourgeois beaten/killed

China, the Cold War’s Wild Card Tensions with Soviets U.S. dealt with Jieshi in Taiwan China in U.N Nixon meets with Mao

1979 set up diplomatic relations with China Taiwan resisted China’s rule

War Comes to Korea Split in two after war Divided along the 38th parallel of latitude North Korea, communist led by Kim IL Sung

South Korea backed by U.S. led by Syngman Rhee Sung attacks and moves deep into S. Korea U.S. and U.N step in

Mostly U.S. troops Pusan Perimeter Captured rail lines and cut off troops, food, ammunition U.N. moved north to the boarder of China

China helped push the U.N. back to the 38th parallel Stalemate 1953 armistice

Two Koreas 1980’s movement towards democracy in south