1. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
20c China:
From Republic to
Communist Power
By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Dr. Sun Yixian (1866 – 1925)
(Dr. Sun Yat-sen)

3. Chinese Warlords, 1920s
Yuan Shi-kai

4. China in 1924

5. Mao Zedong As a Young Revolutionary
(Mao Tse-tung)

6. Mao With His Children, 1930s

7. Jiang Jieshi Becomes President of Nationalist China, 1928
(Chiang Kai-shek)

8. The Long March
1934

9. The Long March

10. Survivors of the March

11. Japan Invades China
1937

12. Japanese Aggression,

13. Victims of the Japanese bombing of Shanghai.

14. Japanese Soldiers March into Nanking December 9, 1937

15. The Japanese Invasion, 1937

16. Remains of Chinese Children Bayoneted by Japanese Soldiers

17. Japanese Bayonet Practice

18. Beheadings Took Place in Public!

19. Chinese Prisoners Were Often Beheaded & Displayed

20. UNIT 731: Bio-Chemical Warfare

21. UNIT 731: Live Human Dissections

22. The Communist
Revolution:

23. The Peoples’ Liberation Army, 1949

24. The Communist Victory

25. Taiwan: The Republic of China

26. Jiang Jieshu ( )
(Chiang Kai-shek)

27. Madame Jiang Jieshu

28. The People’s Republic of China

29. Reasons for the Communists’ Success
Mao won support of peasants – land
Mao won support of women
Mao’s army used guerilla war tactics
Many saw the Nationalist government as corrupt
Many felt that the Nationalists allowed foreigners to dominate China.

30. The Great Leap
Forward (or Backward?)

31. Great Leap Forward, 1958 Communes
5 year plan to increase agriculture and industry
Communes
Groups of people who live and work together
Property held in common
Had production quotas
Failed due to poor quality of products, poor weather hurt agriculture

32. Communist China Under Mao
Industrialized China
Increased literacy
Class privileges ended
Rural Chinese received health care
One-party dictatorship
Denied people basic rights and freedoms --> Inner Mongolia, Tibet

33. Mao, Panchen Lama, Dalai Lama in Beijing, 1954
Tibet --> an autonomous area.
Dalai Lama fled in the late 1950s to India.

34. The Great
Proletarian
Cultural Revolution

35. A Campaign Against the “FOUR OLDS”
Old Thoughts
Old Culture
Old Customs
Old Habits
To Rebel Is Good!

36. Communist China Under Mao
Designed to renew revolutionary spirit and establish a more equitable society
Mao wanted to put “intellectuals” in their place
Schools shut down – students revolted
Red Guards – students who attacked professors, government officials, factory managers

37. A Red Guard

38. Red Guards March to Canton

39. With regard to the great teacher Chairman Mao, cherish the word 'Loyalty'. With regard to the great Mao Zedong Thought, vigorously stress the word 'Usefullness'. (1968)
Cult of Personality

40. The reddest, reddest, red sun in our heart, Chairman Mao, and us together Zhejiang Workers, Farmers and Soldiers Art Academy collective, 1968
Mao’s Little Red Book

41. Propaganda Poster

42. Go among the workers, peasants and soldiers, and into the thick of struggle! 1967-1972

43. Propaganda Poster

44. Propaganda Poster

45. Propaganda Poster

46. “Ping-Pong Diplomacy”: U. S. Players at Great Wall, 1971

47. Mao Meets President Nixon, 1972

48. Power Struggle Communist Traditionalists Modernists Zhou Enlai
1976
Zhou Enlai
“The Gang of Four”: Jiang Qin, Chen Boda, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan

49. Communist Government
and a
Capitalist Economy

50. Deng Xiaoping ( )

51. De-Maoization “The 4 Modernizations” Progress in: Industry Science
Agriculture
Industry
Science
Defense
Class struggle was no longer the central focus!

52. Gap Between Rich & Poor
Deng: If you open a window, some flies naturally get in!

53. Tiananmen Square, 1989
More democracy!

54. Student activist, Wang Dan, Beijing University
Tiananmen Square, 1989
Student activist, Wang Dan, Beijing University

55. Democracy—Our Common Ideal!
Tiananmen Square, 1989
Democracy—Our Common Ideal!

56. The “Goddess of Democracy”
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The “Goddess of Democracy”

57. The Government Clamps Down
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Government Clamps Down

58. Tiananmen Square, 1989
One Lone Man’s Protest

59. The Massacre: The People’s Army Moves In
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Massacre: The People’s Army Moves In

60. The Massacre: A Human Body Crushed by an Army Tank
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Massacre: A Human Body Crushed by an Army Tank

61. The Army Looks for Dissidents
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Army Looks for Dissidents

62. Student Leaders Are Arrested
Tiananmen Square, 1989
Student Leaders Are Arrested

63. Chinese Students Mourn the Dead
Tiananmen Square, 1989
Chinese Students Mourn the Dead

64. The Reestablishment of Order
Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Reestablishment of Order

65. What’s the Message Here?

66. Demography
may be no surer predictor of destiny than trade data. But of the two momentous changes championed by Deng Xiaoping a quarter-century ago, coercive population controls and experiments with market economics, the jury is still out on which will do more to shape China's long-term potential.

67. Demography

68. Demography
There are too many retirees in China, and not enough young people to replace them.

69. Demography
"The evidence is overwhelming that a large population of unmarried adult males is a risk factor for both crime and war," Ms. den Boer said in an interview. "The fact that China is an authoritarian country is another risk factor."