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China Shorthand
Topic 3 cultural rev
Mao had taken a step back after Great Leap Forward - cultural rev was a quest for permenant revolution.
- wanted to get rid of four olds
- wanted mass mobilisation
divisions within party between ideologies and pragmatists
- ideologues = ideology first (Mao)
- pragmatists = focused on what was happening in country.
division comes to a head in 1951
- Lushan conference
mão leaves Lin, Deng and Zhou in charge.
withdraws from public eye.
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Lushan conference 1961 - wuhans book about dismissal of Peng duhai- obvious digs at Mao - later seen as political issue in 1965. lie accused of allowing the play to continue. allows Mao to set up cultural rev. Mao wanted to use mass mobilisation to attack corrupt party officials - Liu controlled program - made Mao unhappy
Start of cultural rev
group dominated by maos supporters. wallposter campaign. CCRG set up to control Cultural Revolution. Could be blamed for mistakes
July 1966 - Mao swims in Yangtze river - show of strength. Mao forces Liu and Deng to make self-criticisms
wanted to focus on young people as it would ensure continued revolution. realised their enthusiasm. able to control through cult and little red book. mass rallies made people feel involved - peer pressure.
mass rallies of 1966. mao greets 1 million red guards in tianamen square. chaos followed like the attack of four olds. pla helps to control rally. created sense of solidarity.
attack on four olds. Old culture, old ideas, old customs, old habits - deliberately vague. yound people more willing to destroy old things. lin biao ordered people to destruct them on 18th august. red guards attacked western things. eg shaved western haircuts. traffic light example.
Houses sacked, books burnt, authors given struggle sessions (tortured and beaten)
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Topic 1 rise in power
Qing dynasty comes to end. Threat from Japanese as hey invade in 1931. Early 1940s - United front try to fight Japanese. Gmd and Communists (Chaing Kai Shek and Mao) Americans help china after Japanese bomb pearl harbour.
Civil war in China 1946. Dec 1941 Chiang flees to Taiwan, leaves Mao in control of china
Communists gain power, and support. Mao shows good leadership. good rep. promises stability - popular. He had lead PLA. seen as hero.
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