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Communist state on Asian mainland |
People's Republic of China |
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Small island that today is one of Asian tigers, non/communist govt |
The republic of China, Taiwan |
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Mao forms what by recruiting peasants |
Red army |
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Who est. themselves in countryside of south-central China? |
Red army |
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Who helped Mao train the red army with guerilla warfare? |
Soviet union |
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Who is the civil war in China between? |
The red army and nationalist |
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Nationalist and red army unite to repel who's invasion? |
Japanese |
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Maos communist were victorious in defeating the guomindang forces |
China after WW2 |
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Followers of the nationalist party fled to what? |
Taiwan |
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Mao Zedong wanted to transform China from agricultural to... |
Modern industrial nation |
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Under communism... |
Literacy increased, old landlords & business classes deleted, & rural Chinese provided with healthcare |
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Maos one party dictatorship denied? |
Peoples basic rights and freedom |
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What was the Great Leap Forward? |
China increased agricultural and industrial output, it ultimately failed |
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Groups of people that live and work together |
Communes |
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Mao launched what to renew people's loyalty? |
Cultural Revolution |
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What did Mao fear? |
Revolutionary peasants and workers being replaced by intellectuals in ruining country |
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What was the red guard? |
Students from schools and universities throughout China that attacked professors, govt. officials, & factory managers |
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What would deng xiapings leadership bring? |
More economic freedom but little political change |
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To make China more productive xiaping did what? |
Promoted foreign trade and more contact with western nations |
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Govt. willing to grant economic reforms but not political ones, protestors in bejing occupied square |
Tiananmen Square |
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Goal of policy was to make sure that population growth didn't outpace population development |
One-child policy |
