1. 20th Century China

2. The Communist Revolution:

3. Mao Zedong As a Young Revolutionary

4. The Peoples’ Liberation Army, 1949

5. The Communist Victory

6. Taiwan: The Republic of China

7. The People’s Republic of China

8. Reasons for the Communists’ Success
Mao won support of peasants – land reform
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.

9. The Great Leap Forward

10. 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
Failed due to poor quality of products, poor weather hurt agriculture

11. Communist China Under Mao
Industrialized China
Increased literacy
Class privileges ended
Rural Chinese received health care
One-party dictatorship
Denied some people basic rights and freedoms --> Inner Mongolia, Tibet

12. The Cultural Revolution

13. A Campaign Against the “FOUR OLDS”
Old Thoughts
Old Culture
Old Customs
Old Habits
To Rebel is Good!

14. Cultural Revolution
Designed to renew revolutionary spirit and establish a more equitable society
Mao wanted to put “intellectuals” in their place
Schools shut down – students revolted
Red Guards – students who attacked professors, government officials, factory managers

15. A Red Guard

16. Red Guards March to Canton

17. With regard to the great teacher Chairman Mao, cherish the word 'Loyalty'. With regard to the great Mao Zedong Thought, vigorously stress the word 'Usefulness'. (1968)
Cult of Personality

18. The reddest, reddest, red sun in our heart, Chairman Mao, and us together Zhejiang Workers, Farmers and Soldiers Art Academy collective, 1968
Mao’s Little Red Book

19. Propaganda Poster

20. Propaganda Poster

21. Mao’s Revolution: BBC

22. To Live: Background
The film is set during a tumultuous period in China's twentieth century history, spanning the years from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The film traces the lives of one family through three decades of the Maoist Revolution. The film brings to light many significant events during this period:
Civil War
Land reform
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Nevertheless, it is a work of fiction, not history.
Many of Zhang Yimou's films have been censored within China.

23. To Live (1994)