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The Communists Transform China
Mao’s Brand of Marxist Socialism
Question: What made 1945 an especially good time to found the United Nations?
Highly effective because the absolute devastation of World War II provided an urgent, globally shared motivation for peace. The League of Nations collapse also showed what not to do.
Eighty percent of the people lived in rural areas, but most owned no land. Instead, 10 percent of the rural population controlled 70 percent of the farmland.
Under the Agrarian Reform Law of 1950, Mao seized the holdings of these landlords.
His forces killed more than 1 million landlords who resisted. He then divided the land among the peasants.
the government forced peasants to join collective farms. Each of these farms was comprised of 200 to 300 households.
In 1953, Mao launched a five-year plan that set high production goals for industry. By 1957, China’s output of coal, cement, steel, and electricity had increased dramatically.
The Great Leap Forward
Plan proposed by Mao
Called for larger collective farms (Called communes)
By the end of 1958, 6,000 communes had been created. The average commune sprawled over 15,000 acres and supported more than 25,000 people.
In the strictly controlled life, peasants worked together, had communal dining halls, dormitories, and nurseries.
Peasants owned nothing
Peasants had no incentive to work when only the state profited off their labor.
The Great Leap Forward was a giant step backward.
Poor planning and inefficient “backyard,” or home, industries hampered growth.
The program was ended in 1961 after crop failures caused a famine that killed about 20 million people.
Question: Why did the United States and Soviet Union split after the war?
The US and the Soviets had conflicting political views. The only reason they were allied during WW2 was die to a common enemy (Germany)
The Communists Transform China
the Chinese Communists set up two parallel organizations, the Communist Party and the national government. Mao headed both until 1959.
Why do you think the Chinese & Soviet Union began to split their friendship.
they clashed several times in territorial disputes along their long shared border
They also were involved in political clashes as each sought to be viewed as the leader of a worldwide Communist movement.
Soviet Competition & Global Politics
Mao’s revolution had an impact on global politics from the 1950s through the 1970s. Close to home, the Chinese provided military, advisory, and financial support to Communist leaders in Korea and Vietnam.
The Cultural Revolution
The life of the mind—intellectual and artistic activity—was considered useless and dangerous