1. Mao’s Communism in China
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2. Jiang Jieshi Becomes President of Nationalist China, 1928
(Chiang Kai-shek)

3. Mao Zedong As a Young Revolutionary
(Mao Tse-tung)

4. Mao With His Children, 1930s
*Mao becomes the communist leader in China after WWII

5. Civil War in China Nationalists vs. Communists
Jiang Jieshi vs. Mao Zedong
*Mao gets the support of the peasants by promising them land
Mao’s victory fueled anti-communist feelings in the US

6. Jiang’s troops chase Mao’s
The Long March
1934
Jiang’s troops chase Mao’s
Red Army for over a year

7. The Long March

8. Survivors of the March

9. Japan Invades China
1937

10. Japanese Aggression,

11. Victims of the Japanese bombing of Shanghai.

12. Japanese Soldiers March into Nanking December 9, 1937

13. The Japanese Invasion, 1937

14. Chinese Prisoners Were Often Beheaded & Displayed

15. The Communist
Revolution:

16. The Peoples’ Liberation Army, 1949

17. The Communist Victory

18. Two Chinas Jieshe fled to Taiwan
US helped him set up a Nationalist government: Republic of China
Soviets helped Mao; People’s Republic of China
Korea is split into North and South; Soviet supported North and US supported South

19. Taiwan: The Republic of China

20. Jiang Jieshu ( )
(Chiang Kai-shek)

21. Madame Jiang Jieshu

22. The People’s Republic of China

23. Reasons for the Communists’ Success
*Mao won support of peasants – land
Mao won support of women
Mao’s army used guerilla war tactics
Many saw the Nationalist government as corrupt
Many felt that the Nationalists allowed foreigners to dominate China.

24. The Great Leap
Forward (or Backward?)

25. Great Leap Forward, 1958 Communes
5 year plan to increase agriculture and industry
Communes
Groups of people who live and work together
Property held in common
Had production quotas
peasants lost their incentive to work when they didn’t profit from their own labor, only the state did.heir incentive to work when they didn’t profit from theirnly the state did.

26. Failure of Great Leap Forward
*Crop failures caused a widespread famine.
*No job opportunities for peasants; working on the communal farm was their life.

27. The Great
Proletarian
Cultural Revolution

28. Cultural Revolution Mao reduced his role in government
New leaders not as strictly socialist
Mao encouraged young people to revolt.
Goal: a society of peasants and workers;
all being equal
*Hero: peasant who worked with his hands
These young socialists became the Red Guards.
Red Guards led an uprising known as the Cultural Revolution.

29. A Red Guard