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Revolution in Chinaand Communist China

(How does this compare with the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s

Soviet Union)

This presentation relies heavily on a power point created by Dan McDowell. Teaching Point, ©2003

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Background

• Manchu / Qing Dynasty maintained limited power while other nations held major concessions in the 20th century.

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QING DYNASTY FELL• Rural & urban

workers, nationalists, communists, and intellectuals protested against the government.

• The dynasty fell in 1911 and a weak provisional government took its place.

• 1911 – 1925 Chinese Republic

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CIVIL WAR 1925-1937

• After the provisional government failed, the NATIONALISTS led by Chiang Kai-shek, the COMMUNISTS led by Mao Zedong, and various WARLORDS began a CIVIL WAR for control of China

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Mao Zedong

• Led the army in developing guerilla warfare tactics to fight the Nationalists and later the Japanese

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1937 – Japan invaded China

• Communists & Nationalists fought the Japanese “separately together”.

• Communists were more effective in their guerilla war against the Japanese.

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Civil War Continued 1945-1949

• The West supported the Nationalist Army and the USSR sent some support to Mao

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Communist Victory

1949 • the Communists

founded the People’s Republic of China.

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China under Communist• Foreigners were

kicked out• Redistribution of land

by the government• Industrialization

began• Women gained power

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Mao consolidated power• Many who were

nationalists, upper-class, or dissidents were imprisoned in forced labor camps or killed.

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Social Class Changes• Wealthy upper class

(including ruling families) was removed.

• Landowning class was destroyed.

• Intellectuals attacked

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Great Leap Forward 1950s-

• Mao’s government took control of all the land.

• Started “back yard industrialization”

Great Leap Forward

• The plan failed miserably – famine caused over 20 million deaths, steel production dropped drastically.

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Both USSR and China

• Totalitarian government and leader– TOTAL control of all the gov, econ, and

culture– LAND collectivization /Industrialization– Gains in industrialization/women’s status– Millions of political “opponents”

imprisoned and/or executed– Millions die in famines– U.S. and its allies are enemies

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