1. #5 Modern China What is THE Great Leap Forward? 33.2
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#5 Modern China
What is THE Great Leap Forward?
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2. Chinese Civil War How did WWII affect the Chinese Civil War?
Communist Party Grows
Chiang Kai-Shek weakened
Mao and Chiang Kia-Shek combine forces to fight Japanese
Domino Theory

3. Chiang Kai-shek: “The Japanese are a disease of the Skin but the Communists are a disease of the blood” Communists-Red Nationalists-White

4. After WWII – Civil War Resumed
Foreign Support.
U.S.A. supports Nationalists (corrupt).$1.5 billion
USSR supports Communists.
Communists won overwhelming support of peasants.

5. Conclusion of the Chinese Civil War
Nationalist Party
Corruption
Economic Turmoil
Chiang Kai-shek Steps down
In exile in Taiwan
Oct. 1949
Mao Tse-tung
Declares People’s Republic of China

6. Mao’s China:

7. Mao - Communism Mao takes over: Government Owned/Planned: Economy
Agriculture and Industry
Education
Life in general
Government Owned/Planned:
Farms
Factories
Housing

8. Totalitarian State Establishes Totalitarian State:
Every aspect of life controlled through single party dictatorship.
Propaganda an important part of a totalitarian state:

9. Totalitarian State…
Propaganda is HUGE!: spread ideas - promote cause or damage opposing cause.
Propaganda is peppered with lies or half-truths
Chinese propaganda poster showing members of China’s various ethnic groups praising Mao Zedong.

10. Propaganda! Used in speeches and posters Reason the control of free
speech is so important.
Mao’s Proclamation of Steel

11. The Great Leap Forward 1858-63
Unit 1: Mao’s China

12. Five Year Plans 1953: First Five year Plan
Rapid Industrialization through central planning
(Great Leap Forward)
This was Mao’s Second 5-Year Plan
In 15 years- Surpass the West

13. Great Leap Forward Mao’s Goal - Wants to Surpass West
If all is successful –
military will gain from successes
Mao’s Goal - Wants to Surpass West
Increase Agriculture
production
Increase & modernize Industry
Improve Infrastructure
(Roads, bridges, communication)

14. How to affect Agriculture?
Collectivization
Consolidated farm into Communes families
Set quotas
Cadres (Boss)
My crop is better than your crop!
70 tons of rice from 1/5 an acre.

15. Collective Farming

16. Where is the surplus?
Declared war on “Four Pests” including rats, mosquitoes, flies and sparrows.
Killing of sparrows led to an explosion of the insect population and greater crop losses.
Result:
Massive Famine

18. Massive Famine

19. Farm Labor

20. What is the affect on Industrialization
What makes an industrial country powerful?
Steel
Double Production.
5.310.6 million tons
Bring your work home!
90 million backyard furnaces
Results
Poorly-made steel

22. Infrastructure! Infrastructure needs improvement!
How do you raise output without raising cost.
Forced labor
Cut Safety Measures Cut medical care
High worker injury
Result: Poorly built
Disaster!
Bengiao Dam – Disaster
171,000 killed after collapse

23. Results - Huge Disaster!
Agricultural changes, communes, war on insects creates –
Massive Famine
Short cuts in manufacturing creates a Poor Infrastructure
40 million people died!
Ended in 1961
It only started in 1957!

24. During the Great Leap Korean War - 1950-53
NK 38th Parallel
Pusan Perimeter
UN Response
Douglas Macarthur
Yalu River
Mao Tse-Tung
Results
North Korea Communist
South Korea Democratic

25. Great Leap A Huge Failure
Negative Affect on Agriculture – Famine
Negative affect on Industry
Poorly made materials
Negative affect on Infrastructure
The years of the Great Leap Forward in fact saw economic regression, with 1958 through 1962 being the only period between 1953 and 1985 in which China's economy shrank. 

26. #5b Cultural Revolution
Unit 2: Modern China

27. Failure of the Great Leap
Mao Tse-tung
Reduces Role
Moderates
Liu Shaqoi (Vice-Charimen)
Zhou Enlai (Premier)
Den Xiaoping (Deputy Premier)
Introduce Reforms
Allow farmers to own plots of land.
Chinese Economy grows from ‘62- ’65
Mao fears loses of influence

28. Mao’s Cultural Revolution: 1966-1976
Mao Tse-Tung
I’m Back!
Feared CCP lost touch
Born Again Communism
Cultural Revolution
Mao purged key figures
Began criticizing party members.
Red Guard forms
Attacked anyone who lacked revolutionary credentials

29. Youth is the Hope of Tomorrow

30. Rise of The Red guard

31. THE RED GUARD

32. Victims of the Red Guard

33. Mao Uses Propaganda Propaganda is a tool used in Totalitarian States:
Must control how people think and perceive the leadership

34. Role of Propaganda
What do propaganda posters reveal about Chinese society during the Cultural Revolution?
How are people dressed? What kinds of facial expressions do they have? (determined, happy, enthusiastic) What messaged do you think these posters are meant to send? What purpose do you think propaganda posters served during the Cultural revolution?
Why do you think propaganda posters were an effective tool in China during the Cultural Revolution?

35. The Role of Propaganda
Mao’s Proclamation of Steel

40. Cultural Revolution:1966-1976
Descent into Chaos
Red Guard harassed millions
Education system in disarray
Mao recognizes danger
Lin Bao made a scapegoat
Doubt begins to from
End of Revolution
Mao dies in 1976
Gang of Four Arrested
Scapegoated to preserve Mao’s Legacy

41. The Times They are-a-Changin’
Unit 2: Modern China

42. China and the super powers
Sino-Soviet relations deteriorate in 1960s.
Relations with the US since 1949
Secret talks begin 1971
Nixon visits 1972
United against USSR
Normal relations by 1976

43. Pragmatists in power Deng Xiaoping new premier CCP Four modernizations
“Black cat, white cat, who cares…”
Four modernizations
Agriculture
Industry
Science and tech
Defense
Build relations with West
Make consumer goods, not just heavy industry

44. Tiananmen Square protests
Economic freedom grows. People want political freedom too.
Cronyism and corruption in government
Tiananmen Square protests begin April 1989
More civil liberties
Working conditions
career opportunities

45. Free markets, not free people
Protests crushed June 1989
Hundreds killed.
Thousands wounded
Gov. hunts down leaders
West condemned crackdown
Banned arm sales to China
But other sanctions were weak

47. A closer look A Question of Agricultural Cooperation: People’s Daily:
What was Mao’s answer to the issues with the Chinese Agricultural industry??
What is co-operativization?
In Mao’s opinion, what is driving the move toward cooperativization?
People’s Daily:
What did Stalin say about industry in China?
The author suggest that only by industrializing can china avoid becoming dependent on “imperialism” does this argument make sense?