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Rise of Communist China Brodie Black & Jacob Blotsky

Terms: 1.Guerrilla tactics: Usin unexpected maneuvers like sabotage and subterfuge to fight the enemy advances. Mao used this against Chiang when he attacked Maos stronghold in Jiangxi Province. 2.Long March: A journey taken by Maos PLA when the moved on foor through mountains, marshes, and deserts. They traveled almost 6,000 miles to reach the last surviving Communist base in the northwest of China. 3.PLA: (Peoples Liberation Army)This was Mao Zedongs army who fought against Chiangs forces at the stronghold. 4.Redistribution of Wealth: This is a shifting of wealth from a rich minority to a poor majority. Chiang led programs that would no lead to this. 5.Little Red Book: This was a book based upon many of Mao's quotes during his reign that his followers would carry around almost like a bible. 6.Communes: In China during the 1950's a group of collective farms, each of which contained more than 30,000 people who lived and worked together. 7.Permanent Revolution: This was an atmosphere Mao dreamed of where there was constant revolutionary fervor, which he thought could enable the Chineseto overcome the past and achieve the final stage of communism. 8.Red Guards: These were revolutionary groups composed largely of young people who set out across the nation to eliminate the Four Olds. 9.Four Olds: The red gaurds set out to deystroy this. The Four Olds consisted of old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits. 10.Four Modernizations: This was a government policy under the reign of Deng Xiaoping which focused on four areas- industry, agriculture, technology, and national defense. Links: Little Red BookGives a bunch of sections and quotes from Mao Zedong relating to thos sections. Shanghai MassacreTells what led up to and what happened during the Shanghai Massacre of 1927 The Long March- Tells what happened to lead this to happen and what happened along the march The Great Leap Forward- This webpage tells about Maos new ideas about industry and agriculture and the consequences of it. 38th Parallel- Gives information about what led to the 38th parallel coming about. Ping Pong Diplomacy Expands on what happened when the americans went to China to improve relations through a ping pong tournament. Dalai Lama- Gives all the history about the Dalai Lama and tibetian buddhism. Tiananmen Square Massacre/Protests- This wiki page tells about the student protests and the massacre itself. Hong Kong returned- This webpage tells about the return of Hong Kong to China from British control. Forbidden City- Gives information on the history of this place and a very detailed description and the religion along with it.



Timeline: 1921- Chinese Communist Pary is formed in Shanghai 1923- Nationalists and Communists form an alliance 1934- Mao's troops begin Long March 1947- India and Pakistan become independent nations. 1949- Communist Party takes over China 1953- Korean War ends. 1965- Lyndon Johnson sends U.S. troops to South Vietnam 1972- U.S. President richard Nixon visits China 1989- Tiananmen Square Massacre 1997- Return of Hong Kong to China.

People: 1. Mao Zedong: Mao was the leader of communist china and led the Peoples Republic of China after the civil war was over aginst the Nationalist Mao was the leader until 1976 2. Deng Xiaoping: Deng was the leader after Mao died in September of 1976 Deng was more open to becoming more westrenized unlike Mao introduce KFC and other fast food 3. Chiang Kai Shek: The leader of China after Sun Yat Sen leader of the Nationalist army during the civil war aginst Mao and the Communist forces but later they fight togeather during WWII 4. Harry Truman: The president during the second World War and the Korean war the US joined the Korean war because of the Truman Docterine and the support of the UN 5. Richard Nixon: Nixon was the president after Johnson and was the first president to go to China under Mao's Communist rule in 1972 Democratic relaions were started then 6. Lyndon Johnson: Johnson was the president before Nixon and led the United States during the war in Vietnam in 1965 troops from the UN were led by the US into Vietnam 7. Sun Yat sen: Sun Yat sen was the leader of the Nationalist political party or the Guomindang he is the founder of modern China because he was the founder of the Chinese repulic 8. Dalai Lama: The Dalai Lama was the spiritual leader of Tibet he was exiled from Tibet by the government and came to the United States was awarded the nbel peace prize 9. Henry Kissinger: Kissinger was the United States Secutary of the state he was sent to China to discuss American and Chinese affairs in secret 10. Jiang Quing: Jiang Quing was one of the wifes of Mao Zedong after he died she became part of the Gang of Four who were blamed for the death of 34,000

media type="custom" key="18575730" align="right" In 1945 there were two chinese governments. The Nationalist and the Communist parties. They were both part of the Guomingdang in the begining and like always during a one party government the party split. The Communists were led by Mao Zedong the Naionalist were led by Chinese ruler Chaing Kai Shek. The Nationalist party wanted democracy for the people of China. By the spring of 1949 the PLA or the peoples liberation army defeated the Nationalist army and Chaing fled to Taiwan. The communist party now ruled all of China. Mao soon began a program called the Great Leap Forward. This was a huge failure becasue of the coopertive farming. The farms were joined togeather and the workers would not work on the land that they owned. Food production halted thousands would die of starvation and malnutrition. Even though this is going on Mao wants to keep going on with the Great Leap Forward

In September of 1976 Mao Zedong dies and Deng Xiaoping seized power an brought the Cultural Revolution to an end. Under Deng China began to westrenize slowly by introducing outside culture. Despite theses achievements may pepople complained that Deng's program had failed to achieve the fifth modernization; democracy. The leaders didn't allow direct ciricism of any person in the Communist Party. The people that called for democracy were put into jail or exicuted. An example of this is the Teiananmen square massacre. Students called for demarcy and protesting the communist government. Deng Xiaoping sent in the PLA and tanks to make the people leave. This is how the Communist party handled their problems. The people called for demacracy even more after this event. One specific person that stood up to the Communist regime is Tank Man. Nobody knows his real name. Singlehandely stopped a convoy of tanks untill he was pulled out of the way by other protesters.