1. 20c China:
From Republic to
Communist Power

2. China in 1924

3. Two groups worked together to oppose the warlords and to drive out imperialist powers from China
Mao Zedong As a Young Revolutionary
Sun Yat-sen, head of the Nationalist Party
Warlords

4. Saw the Japanese as a threat, but thought that the Communists were much more dangerous
Did not support the redistribution of wealth because he was supported by the rural landed gentry and the urban middle class
Chiang Kai-shek took over the Nationalist Party
Worked to create a “New China”: teach the people about the government, New Life Movement
“Communists are a disease of the heart”

5. The Long March
Communists, led by Mao Zedong, fought the larger Nationalist army by using guerilla tactics during the Long March

6. The Communist Victory

7. Reasons for the Communist 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.

8. The Great Leap Forward, 1958
5 year plan to increase agriculture and industry
Communes – combine collective farms together
Groups of people who live and work together
Property held in common
Had production quotas

9. Communist China Under Mao
Increased literacy – women were given more rights
Class privileges ended – racial equality
Reduce Confucian values
Good of community over individual rights
Industrialized China
One-party dictatorship
Denied people basic rights and freedoms
Rural Chinese received health care

10. Campaign against the “Four Olds”
Old Thoughts
Old Culture
Old Customs
Old Habits
To Rebel Is Good!

11. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Led by the Urban working class
Mao’s plans for this – Little Red Book
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

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

13. Propaganda Poster

14. Go among the workers, peasants and soldiers, and into the thick of struggle! 1967-1972

15. Propaganda Poster

16. Power Struggle Communist Traditionalists Modernists 1976 Zhou Enlai
“The Gang of Four”: Jiang Qin, Chen Boda, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan

17. “The 4 Modernizations” Progress in:
Deng Xiaoping
“The 4 Modernizations” Progress in:
Agriculture
Industry
Technology
National Defense

18. “The 4 Modernizations” Progress in:
Allowed land to be leased to peasants
Invited foreign investors into China
Allowed sales of excess products (after rent was paid) & could produce goods for sale
DID NOT BRING THE FIFTH MODERNIZATION = DEMOCRACY
People who openly complained about the Communist Party were often jailed for long periods of time.

19. Tiananmen Square, 1989
Protestors called for an end to the corruption in the government
More democracy!

20. Tiananmen Square