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Do Now:. I. Reform in China. In the 1970s, Deng Xiaoping became the new leader of China after the death of Mao Zedong . Xiaoping had spent time in prison during the Cultural Revolution , which made him want to reform China’s government and economy.

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  1. Do Now:

  2. I. Reform in China • In the 1970s, Deng Xiaoping became the new leader of China after the death of Mao Zedong. • Xiaoping had spent time in prison during the Cultural Revolution, which made him want to reform China’s government and economy. • Like Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, Xiaoping allowed for elements of capitalism or a free market to be introduced into China’s economy.

  3. I. Reform in China •  Xiaoping’s program was called the Four Modernizations and allowed for more decision making freedom in • 1.) Agriculture • 2.) Industry • 3.) National Defense • 4.) Science and Technology

  4. II. Students Demand Political Freedom • While the Four Modernizations allowed for more economic freedom, people in China did not have much political freedom. • Like people in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, people in China started to demand more rights in the 1980s. • Unlike other communist governments, China’s ruling communist party responded by cracking down on the protests through violence.

  5. III. Tiananmen Square • In 1989, inspired by events in Eastern Europe, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the country’s capital. • The government responded by sending in the army to put down the protest. • It is estimated that anywhere from 800 to 4,000 protestors were killed. • In the present day political freedom is still severely restricted.

  6. Ai Wei Wei Artist currently under house arrest in China

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