1. Communism
Takes hold in
China
Chapter 15
Section 3
Part 1

2. Necessity, who is the mother of invention. - Plato
China boasts a rich history of contributions to the world.

3. Communism and Religion
China had a number of religious ideologies

4. Communism and Religion
Marx created the concept of communism.
As a young man Mao became influenced by Marx.
Karl Marx

5. Communist China Following WWII, civil war broke out in China.
Communist leader Mao Zedong lead his army to victory.

6. Chinese Thinking ― Confucius
“Do unto others what you want done unto you.”
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
“A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?”
― Confucius

7. Chinese Thinking
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. It cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
- Mao Zedong

8. The Great Leap Forward
From 1958 to this program was launched to increase farm and industrial output.

9. The Great Failure
The overuse of people resources led to the Great Leap’s fall:
Famine
Low-quality goods
Millions of deaths

10. The Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was the program intended to rid China of their bourgeois.
The Red Guard enforced Mao’s will.

11. China Before Communism
China was not industrialized.
Western worlds considered the Chinese backwards.
China

12. China and the Cold War
China’s relationship with the Soviet Union served both.
Tension drew the countries apart.
China’s ideologies clashed with the Soviets.

13. China and the Cold War
Following their Civil War the U.S. Recognized Jiang Jieshi as the Chinese leader. In 1971, the U.S. allow the People’s Republic to replace Taiwan as China’s representative to the United Nations. 1972, President Nixon visits China. 1979, the U.S. and China set up diplomatic relations.

14. Compare and Contrast