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Communism in China
• During WWII, Japan partially
occupied China, thus
temporarily quelling the
battle between Chiang’s
republican government &
Mao’s communists
• After the war, however,
Mao’s army defeated
Chiang’s troops
– Chiang’s republic driven to the
island of Taiwan
– Mao established the People’s
Republic of China
China Under Mao
• Early on, Mao worked with & imitated many
communist models of the Soviet Union
• Mao’s focus on the peasants, however, caused him to
eventually break away from Soviet-style communism
China Under Mao
• Late 1950s, Mao instituted the Great Leap Forward
– Emphasized agricultural & industrial development
• Collectivized farms, make private farming illegal, set quotas on
industrial production
– Focused too strongly on industry, resulting in mass famine &
failure of the program
• Severely damaged Chinese economy
China Under Mao
• 1966, Mao instituted the
Cultural Revolution
– Another program focused on
economic development, but
also strongly tied to social &
political change
– Called for a removal of all “old
China” vestiges
• Removal of hierarchal
bureaucracies, Confucianism &
Buddhist ideology, institutes of
higher education, etc.
– Focus was on strict equality &
Mao’s personal ideologies
• Ex. The Little Red Book
• Like the Great Leap Forward,
the Cultural Revolution
severely damaged China