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Republic of China of 1912 |
not organized and there are still regions with war lords, who refuse to listen |
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Nationalist Party (1927-1947) |
-leader: Chiang Kaishek -tries to eliminate other parties |
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Communist Party |
-leader: Mao Zedong -claims Kaishek is more worried about destroying Chinese opposition, instead of foreign opposition |
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Long March (1934) |
6,000 miles; ordered by Kaishek -more Chinese communists march until they die or fade out -Zedong claims this actually strengthens communists, as they travel all over China, spreading their message and gaining sympathy -all the while, Japan is increasing hold in China |
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Rape of Nanjing |
Japan is destroys Nanjing; brutally -remembered even today |
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WWII |
during WWII Nationalist and Communists work together to defeat Japan; but afterwords, fall apart
-Kaishek again tries to destroy Nationalists, but this doesn't work because of the way Kaishek treats the population at large -People's Liberation Army (communist) grows -creates People's Republic of China; but until 1971, Republic of China is still seen as the legitimate government by the U.S. |
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Stalinism |
Mao embraces Stalinism with U.S.S.R. as an ally -embraces Stalin's ideas: collectivization, not tolerating opposition, industrialization |
-U.S. and Britain are enemies to Mao because of capitalism; they remember the Opium Wars and they believe capitalism = imperalism |
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Great Leap Forward (1958-61) |
industrialization of China -not done well; not much emphasis places on agriculture, which led to very little food -malnutrition/starvation was the cause the death of 16-30 million -Zedong claimed they died for the good of the state |
-this is parallel with Stalin, who pushed his ideas at all cost |
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Stalin |
Stalin dies and the U.S.S.R. denounces his rule, which Mao sees as a great insult against his rule -causes tensions |
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Cultural Revolution (1966-76) |
China going on anti-intellectual movement/crusade -Mao tries to create a purely Chinese, uniform society -to Mao, the perfect Chinese citizen: peasant (for they're hardworking and loyal) -those who were educated are not ideal; universities were closed, schools reconstructed, and the educated sent to work in the fields -Mao knows that the educated will challenge his rule, while peasants will serve |
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Mao |
Mao dies and China goes through changes similar to the changes in U.S.S.R. after the death of Stalin -this is not to say Mao didn't help China; he helped foreign relations and policy -U.S. recognizes People's Republic of China in 1971 and the U.N. gives them a seat -1971 because China and U.S.S.R. relations were worsening; though relations would ensure no new relations between China and U.S.S.R |
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Deng Xiaoping (1981-89) |
took over after Mao -created the Four Modernizations which had four sectors of reform 1. agriculture 2. industry 3. science 4. defense -China is still communist, but opens its door to capitalism in order to help its workers |
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