1. Unit #2 – East Asia Lesson #6
China – Mao to Now
Unit #2 – East Asia
Lesson #6

2. Chinese Civil War
After the last emperor surrendered the throne in 1911…
Civil War broke out
Three factions:
Communists
Nationalists
War Lords

3. History of China
1911 – The emperor resigned Civil War broke out 1937 – Japan invaded China (start of World War II) 1945 – Japan defeated by USA China claimed they defeated Japan 1949 – Communists defeated Nationalists Nationalists retreated to Taiwan We claimed Taiwan was “the” China

4. Communist Victory p. 351-353 THE COMMUNISTS A ONE PARTY DICTATORSHIP
1. China ended up in a Civil War. Who won?
(answer can be found in second paragraph)
2. What would the new Chinese government be?
(answer can be found in section labeled “Creating a New Order” on p. 352)
3. What did Mao expect China to become?
(answer can be found in section labeled “Mao’s Leadership,” second paragraph on p. 352)
THE COMMUNISTS
A ONE PARTY DICTATORSHIP
SELF – SUFFICIENT AND DEPENDENT ON HIM
(AND OBEDIENT TO HIM)

5. China became a Communist Nation
Mao Zedong – Leader
Chairman Mao
(Chairman of Communist Party)
He had a cult-like following
Tried to “fix” China
Feed the masses
Modernize the nation
Created a communist Nation – meaning:
- Everyone is equal

6. Revolutionary Goals (p. 354-355) A BETTER LIFE FOR THE POOR
What did Mao promise? (section: “Revolutionary Goals”)
What did the Communist (leaders) say had to be destroyed, in order to build their economy? (second paragraph on p. 355)
A BETTER LIFE FOR THE POOR
THE OLD CLASS SYSTEM
(That means, the old system in which the rich people controlled everything, and the poor had nothing)

7. Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution
What was the goal of the Great leap Forward? (section is labeled)
2. After the Great Leap plan failed, what did Mao “launch”?
(section labeled “Cultural Revolution”)
3. What was the goal of this new plan?
MODERNIZATION
(it was WAY too ambitious)
(and people rebelled…)
THE GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION
RENEW THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT (of communism)

8. CULTURAL REVOLUTION Red Guards Little Red Book 1966 – 1976
Forced re-education
(teenagers)
(Quotations from Chairman Mao)
Lives were disrupted
China stagnated
Mao Died 1976
Red Guards
Little Red Book

9. New China p. 360 (Social Changes) p. 361 (Family Life)
1. What was it that the Communists set out to do? (label: Social Changes)
2. What did the government try to ensure?
3. What did the leaders try to do about the influence of the family? (look for the label “Family Life” on p. 361)
BUILD A CLASSLESS SOCIETY; EVERYONE IS EQUAL
ENSURE EQUALITY BY OUTLAWING PRIVATE PROPERTY
WEAKEN THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY

11. MODERN HISTORY of CHINA – Post Mao

12. Deng Xiaoping 1981-1997 Focus: modernization
Goal: Responsibility System

13. History of China 1949-1981 1949 – Mao Zedong started Communist China
“The People’s Republic of China”
- Korean War started
North Korean (Communists) invaded South
China invaded Korea to support the North
1954 – Start of the Great Leap Forward
which was horribly destructive
1966 – Start of the Cultural Revolution
which was horribly disruptive
1981 – Start of the Responsibility System
which was a wonderful success

14. Tiananmen Square Massacre
Students protested for more free speech (1989)
More than a million protestors
Government demanded thy stop – sent in tankss
Thousands massacred
Famous “tank man”
click

15. Population Explosion Largest population in the world
Surpassed 1.5 Billion people
Goal: decrease population
One-Child/family rule

16. Modern China Improved Relations with the West Modern Military
Started becoming more like the West
Still with a Chinese flair

17. CHINA - MILITARY Second largest military in world
Over 1 million soldiers
Strength was is numbers
Very dangerous to US military in the region
Now, strength is in (stolen) technology

18. Other Asian nations
TAIWAN
KOREA
TIBET

19. TAIWAN
After the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalists (losers) escaped to Taiwan. (1949)

20. TAIWAN Started out as new home of losers of Civil War
Huge Middle Class
Have only 1% poverty
(comparison: USA has 12% poverty)

21. KOREA Split into North and South, 1949 North invaded South 1950
stopped by UN (USA) in Korean War
South is wealthy -North is very poor 21

22. NORTH KOREA Korean War ended 1953
Kim Jong-un
NORTH KOREA
Korean War ended 1953
Communist North Korea focused on building military strength
North Korean dictator is very anti-American
Result: Poor economy
Strong military
Kim Jong-un
demands complete
obedience

23. North Korea is Number One:
It has the greatest wealth inequality in the world.
It is the most closed and secretive country in the world.
It is the most purely Communist/Marxist/Collectivist country in the world.
It is the most anti-American country in the world.
It has the highest %of the population in concentration camp slavery.
It has the highest long-term starvation level of any country in the world.
It threatens other countries with nuclear war more than any other country in the world.
It has the greatest amount of physical and mental stunting of children in the world, through malnutrition. North Koreans are 3″ to 6″ shorter than South Koreans.
It is the first country to retrogress into a royal aristocracy in the last 100 years, that has achieved blood line succession to the third generation.
It is the most militaristic country in the world, proud of its “Military First” policy, which calls for the starvation of lower class peasants, to provide more money for the upper class to buy military weapons.
It has the most extreme personality cult in the world, in which people have been tortured and murdered by the government, for not crying loud enough at a funeral.

24. TIBET Taken over by China in 1949 (end of Civil War)
Run by Tibetan Buddhists
King is the Dalai Lama
Lamas remember past lives
Dalai Lama now lives in exile
14th Dalai Lama

25. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
52 min documentary
Mao’s China
45 min documentary