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Chinese Economy from WWII - Present

Chinese Economy from WWII - Present. After WWII, the Communist Party gained a lot of support. Mao Zedong was the leader. Mao’s China. Mao Zedong used propaganda to spread the ideas of Communism and published “ The Little Red Book ” to teach people communist philosophies.

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Chinese Economy from WWII - Present

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  1. Chinese Economy from WWII - Present • After WWII, the Communist Party gained a lot of support. • Mao Zedong was the leader

  2. Mao’s China • Mao Zedong used propaganda to spread the ideas of Communism and published “The Little Red Book” to teach people communist philosophies

  3. The Great Leap Forward - 1958 • In 1958 Zedong began a radical program called the Great Leap Forward to increase production in farms and factories • The Communists rushed to increase production and made people with little to no experience try to farm or produce steel in their backyards. • The steel was of poor quality making it useless and the poor weather resulted in a widespread famine. • An estimated 30 million people died of starvation

  4. The Cultural Revolution - 1966 • Create a society with no ties to the past: • Closed schools • Urged students to rebel against their students, these people were called “Red Guards” • Many Ancient Chinese buildings were destroyed • Anyone opposing Zedong was attacked by the young Red Guards • Finally, they began to turn against Zedong and were eventually imprisoned • Hundreds of thousands of people were killed • China was in turmoil!

  5. Inferring what you know… • Based off of what you know about Mao Zedong, what is the irony of this political cartoon, and what it is trying to communicate?

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