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MAO’S RED CHINA

MAO’S RED CHINA. China Under Communist Rule The Communist State and Years of Great Change. Problems Caused by the Civil War. Civilian Suffering in Kuomintang Cities Growing Support for the Communists Kuomintang Tries to Crack Down Loss of American Support by 1947. Communist Victory.

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MAO’S RED CHINA

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  1. MAO’S RED CHINA China Under Communist Rule The Communist State and Years of Great Change

  2. Problems Caused by the Civil War • Civilian Suffering in Kuomintang Cities • Growing Support for the Communists • Kuomintang Tries to Crack Down • Loss of American Support by 1947

  3. Communist Victory • PLA Abandons Guerrilla tactics & fights head-on • The Capture of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou • Proclamation of the People’s Republic of China 10/1949 • Kuomintang Retreat to Taiwan 1/1949

  4. The Intentions of the Communists • The Common Program • Democracy for Most People, Dictatorship for Reactionaries

  5. The Common Program The People’s Republic of China strives for independence, democracy, peace, unity, prosperity and strength of China…It must systematically transform…the land ownership system into a system of peasant land ownership…It must steadily transform the country from an agricultural into an industrial one…The people shall have freedom of thought, speech, publication, assembly, religious belief and freedom of holding processions and demonstrations. The People’s Republic of China shall abolish the feudal system which holds women in bondage. Women shall enjoy equal rights with men…All nationalities in the People’s Republic shall have equal rights and duties…The People’s Republic of China shall suppress counter-revolutionary activities, severely punishing all Kuomintang counter-revolutionary war criminals and other leading counter-revolutionary elements…Feudal landlords, capitalists and reactionary elements in general shall be deprived of their political rights. The People’s Republic shall unite with all peace-loving and freedom-loving countries and people throughout the world, first of all the USSR, all People’s Democracies, and all oppressed nations.

  6. Problems Facing the Communists • Poor Agricultural Output • Urban Problems and Corruption • The Threat of the Kuomintang • Holding on to a Unified China

  7. The Government of China • Reorganization of China’s provinces • Obedience to the Communist Party • Party Leaders – Mao, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De • Importance of the PLA

  8. The Rights of Women • Elimination of Traditional Gender Codes • The Marriage Law • More Equal Rights for Women

  9. Land Reform • Land Distribution • Agrarian Reform Law • Social Classification & Speak Bitterness Campaigns

  10. The Economy • Nationalization of Much Private Enterprise • Opening of the People’s Bank • Taxing the Peasantry and Collectivization

  11. The Organization of the People • Dealing with Public Enemies • Thought Reform – The Movement for the Study of Mao Zedong Thought • Mass Campaigns – The 3 Antis Campaign & Five Antis Campaign

  12. Party Control • Party-run Control Over Every Sector of Population • Party Organizations

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