Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
11 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Rise in CCP membership early Mao rule
|
Rose from 6m in 1951 to 11m in 1956
|
|
|
Inflation/growth successes…
|
down from 1000% to 15% in 1952 and growth in GDP from 6.8b to 29b 1952-57
|
|
|
Urbanisation of early Mao's China
|
City populatiosn increased from 57m in 1949 to 100m in 1957
|
|
|
Economic growth 1953-57
|
9% a year, peasants forced to sell at fixed low prices to feed urban workers
|
|
|
What caused soil depletion
|
Deep ploughing and lack of sparrows (to kill bugs)
|
|
|
During GLF, growth and inflation
|
GDP fell 29% inflation rose from 0.2% to 16.2%
|
|
|
By 1970…women in workforce…
|
50% doctors women, 30% engineers/scientists women
|
|
|
Women in high level government
|
2 out of 29 ministers female and 1 out of 12 vice premiers in 1970. BUT rise of Jiang Qing
|
|
|
Jiang Qing launch of CR
|
Wu Han attacked in press and Peng Zhen who blocked article initially later sacked
|
|
|
Weather conditions of GLF
|
Flood in south (50m acres), drought in north(100m acres and yellow river ran dry in some areas)
|
|
|
Mao aware of what when launching CR
|
Mandate of Heaven
|
