1. China

2. World War II
China was brutally occupied by the Japanese army throughout the war
Allied victory in 1945 led Japanese troops to withdraw
Civil war between Nationalists and Communists resumed

3. Competing Chinese visionaries…
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong

4. The Communist Victory
Mao’s forces triumphed over the Nationalists in 1949
Peoples Republic of China became the world’s second communist nation
Nationalists forces escaped to the island of Taiwan and established the Republic of China

6. Mao’s China Chinese communists looked to the Soviet Union as a model
Five Year Plan would develop factories and industry
Chinese intervention in the Korean War ( ) mobilized much of the country

11. Failure of Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) caused Mao to temporarily lose influence in the party

12. A “backyard” furnace

13. Mao visits peasants in the countryside, encouraging them to collectivize

14. Some of the Great Famine victims, 1958-1961

15. Mao staged a comeback in 1966, leading to the Cultural Revolution

16. “Counter-revolutionaries” are humiliated in front of a crowd

17. Statues of the Buddha and other religious objects are burned

18. Poster demonstrating the “personality cult” of Mao created during the Cultural Revolution

19. Reform Begins Mao died in 1976
Deng Xioping set out to modernize the country
Free market reforms were adopted
Communist Party retained a monopoly on political power