1. Communist China since 1949

2. Civil War
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek

3. Great Leap Forward
1955: Chinese Gov. starts new program to build socialist society
Private farmland collectivized
Industry and commerce nationalized
1958: GREAT LEAP FORWARD
Combined collective farms into large communes
Fails miserably, millions starve

4. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Permanent Revolution: An atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor
Mao believed only this could produce a classless society
Started to create a working-class culture

5. Cultural Revolution: Effects
Red Guards formed to eliminate “FOUR OLDS”
Old IDEAS, CULTURE, CUSTOMS, HABITS attacked
Destroyed temples, foreign books, music, etc.
Street signs changed to revolutionary names
Pro-Western people and ideas were targeted

6. China after Mao Mao dies 1976 Deng Xiaoping ended Cultural Revolution
Four Modernizations: Industry, Agriculture, Technology, National Defense
Modernization worked
Standard of living rose