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Social and Cultural Changes
Women
Marriage
New Marriage Law 1950
women could hold property, seek divorce, marriages could not result from coercion and child marriage was forbidden
Politics
Women’s Association introduced-made to encourage political activism. membership of 76 million.
more women also were allowed high statuses in government
Education+employment
families were encouraged to send daughters to schools, women were allowed t to join military services and more work available for women.
Position in communes
kindergarteners and communal eating introduced to reduce responsibilities and change traditional expectations
Education
to increase literacy a national system of primary education was set up with a school in each village
more opportunities for higher education
to aid communication Pinyin’ was introduced- standardized written alphabet
education systems remained stubbornly elitist and inequitable,
CR saw education being less valued from 1966
Healthcare
Before reform
reliance on traditional medical techniques eg. acupuncture
GLF
communes established medical clinics,
life expectancy increased from 36 to 57 years by 1957
diseases like smallpox and cholera virtually eliminated.
CR
doctors were seen as part of the intellectual elite
barefoot doctors introduced
6 months of intensive study
dispersed into countryside
rudimentary healthcare
Religion
Islam
incompatible w marxism
many muslim provinces were too far- hard to control
Muslims targetted+mosques seized and converted to meeting halls
Buddhism
PLA sent to suppress demonstrations+ execute leaders
clashed w/ leadership due to pacifist outlook
Confucianism
intellectuals blamed it for china's weaknesses
propaga denounced confucian attitudes as representing all that was bad about China's past
Christianity
not compatible w/ Marxism
churches closed+property seized