1. Communist China

2. Agenda 1. Intro: Tiananmen Square? 2. Lecture: China post-1949. (20)
3. Tiananmen Square analysis and denial (15)
4. Periodization Essay
5. Outline Analysis
HW: Reading Quiz Chapter 22 Friday

3. China and Communism
China becomes Communist in 1949, as Mao Zedong takes power.
To secure power, he would beat the wealthy into giving up land for the poor.
Campaigns were held to rid country of capitalists influence.
So bad that children informed on their parents.

4. Changes in China Advocated five year plans similar to Soviet Russia.
Great Leap Forward, massive infrastructure projects with peasants working in communes.
They lied about grain production and a famine resulted (30 million die)

5. Cultural Revolution Struggle between Deng Xiaoping and Chairman Mao.
Practical education is promoted, learning was derided as a capitalist ideal.
Most important source of knowledge “Mao’s little red book”
Red Guard would brutalize victims for the continuation of Communist thought.

6. Tiananmen Square
Economic Reform begins under Deng Xiaoping, but politically freedom of speech is nonexistent.
Modernization, “Create wealth for the people.
June 4th Massacre occurred after weeks of peaceful protest.
They were promoting democracy and freedom after the death of Hu Yaobang.

7. Deng Xiaoping Document
People’s Daily 1. How does China relate to the Soviet Union? 2. Is there bias within this document? 3. What is the purpose of Industrialization?
Deng Xiaoping Document
1. How does Xiaoping differ from Mao Zedong? Use evidence.
2. How would these thoughts echo his response in the Tiananmen Square incident?
3. Is there bias within this document? Explain.

8. DBQ Grouping Exercise
Using your three documents, and the video clip as a fourth, complete the following objective:
Question: How does China respond to the notion of “freedom and democracy” from 1949-present?
Create a thesis to answer the question
Create three groupings to answer the question.
Identify and describe an outside source that could be used. Remember the three parts to receive credit: person, document, analysis.

9. http://www. youtube. com/watch. v=XJBnHMpHGRY http://www. youtube

10. Comparative Thesis Statement Similarity Difference Direct Comparison
Evidence for both sections
Direct Comparison
Analysis

11. Periodization Thesis Chronological List of Events
Characterization of the Period.
Synthesis