China After Mao Mr. Ornstein Willow Canyon High School IB History
Answer??? “It Does Not Matter if the Cat is Black or White As Long As it catches Mice” What does quote mean?
Mao Dies 1976 Cultural Revolution Ends with his Death Parkinson’s Diease 70% Correct/30% Wrong
Zhou Enlai Dies Also Dies in 1976 Leaves Power Vacuum in China and CCP
Gang of Four Led by Mao’s 3 rd Wife tries to take power after Mao’s death. Want to Continue Cultural Revolution
Deng Xiaoping Communist Party Leader Often in and out of Mao’s Favor He and Son are Victimized during Cultural Revolution Opposed Gang of 4 for control of China
Deng Xiaoping Wins Deng Xiaoping Wins Control of China Members of the Gang of Four Are Jailed
Legacy of Deng Xiaoping Formally Normalizes Relations with the US Begins the Modernization of China Tiananmen Square Massacre
4 Modernizations Deng Xiaoping’s Plan to Modernize China Agriculture Industry Science and technology The military
Limited Capitalism Deng Xiaoping Allows Limited Capitalism and Market Economies to Improve China. Creates SEZ/Special Economic Zones for Free Markets-great economic success
Capitalism but not Democracy China Under Deng Xiaoping Had a Growing Free Market but not the Personal and Political Freedoms that Often Accompany it. Communist Government Allowed Making Money but still Oppressed People Politically
Tiananmen Square Massacre In the Late 1980’s Gorbachev allowed for more freedom ‘Glasnost’ in the Soviet Union Chinese People want the Same from Deng Xiaoping Gorbachev Visits China in 1989 which increased demand for more freedom by the Chinese, especially Chinese Students
Tiananmen Square April-June1989 Chinese Students and Workers Stage Mass Protest in Front of Chinese Government Buildings Demanding More Freedoms Students Refuse to Leave until reforms are made.
Tiananmen Square Massacre June 4, 1989 Chinese Government Clears the Square and Cracks Down on Protestors All over Beijing At Least 3,000 Killed
China Today Economically More and More Capitalist Politically Still Communist Still Wants Taiwan Back Modernization Continues No Sign of Communist Party Losing Control