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The Communists Transform China
Soviet Competition and Global Politics
Why do you think the Chinese and Soviet Union began to split their friendship?
These philosophical differences worsened due to national security rivalries, leading Moscow to withdraw its nuclear weapons assistance and spark deadly border skirmishes.
The Sino-Soviet split was driven by ideological clashes after Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin and pursued peaceful coexistence with the West, which Mao Zedong viewed as a betrayal of communist principles.
Alliances
Mao's Brand of Marxist Socialism
What made 1945 a good time for to found the UN
It was after ww2 and people wanted to foster peace and there was a lot of refrom happening
Mao seized all the land in the Agrarian Reform Law
Killed all the people that resisted Then divided the land among the peasants
This helped the people and industry
The Great Leap Forward
Question: Why did the United States and Soviet Union split after the war?
Ideological Clash
This plan called for still larger collective farms, or communes. By the end of 1958, about 26,000 communes had been created
Over 15,000 acres and supported more than 25,000 people. In the strictly controlled life of the communes, peasants worked the land together
The Great Leap Forward was a giant step backward. Poor planning and inefficient “backyard,” or home, industries hampered growth
Program was ended in 1961 after crop failures caused a famine that killed about 20 million people.
Deep-seated ideological, economic, and political differences that were temporarily set aside to defeat the Axis powers.
United States- Promoted self-determination for European nations and sought to rebuild economies through programs like the Marshall Plan to prevent the spread of communism.
Soviets Desired a "buffer zone" in Eastern Europe to prevent future invasions, leading to the installation of pro-Soviet communist governments.
How were the occupation forces for Germany chosen?
Germany were decided through wartime diplomacy and the positioning of armies
Communists took power, they moved rapidly to strengthen their rule over China’s 550 million people. They also aimed to restore China as a powerful nation
Communists began to tighten their hold. The party’s 4.5 million members made up just 1 percent of the population
Like the Soviets, the Chinese Communists set up two parallel organizations, the Communist Party and the national government. Mao headed both until 1959.
why where intellectuals targeted in the cultural revolution?
they where targeted because mao saw them as a threat
any educated person can see that communism is an easy way to destroy a country if not executed perfectly.
mao considered intellectual and artistic activities useless
this led to the red guard shutting down colleges and schools.
why did the red guard shut down schools if they themselves had some education?
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