Intro chinese communist 2012
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Slide 1
Revolution in Chinaand Communist China
(How does this compare with the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s
Soviet Union)
This presentation relies heavily on a power point created by Dan McDowell. Teaching Point, ©2003
Slide 2
Background
• Manchu / Qing Dynasty maintained limited power while other nations held major concessions in the 20th century.
Slide 3
QING DYNASTY FELL• Rural & urban
workers, nationalists, communists, and intellectuals protested against the government.
• The dynasty fell in 1911 and a weak provisional government took its place.
• 1911 – 1925 Chinese Republic
Slide 4
CIVIL WAR 1925-1937
• After the provisional government failed, the NATIONALISTS led by Chiang Kai-shek, the COMMUNISTS led by Mao Zedong, and various WARLORDS began a CIVIL WAR for control of China
Slide 5
Mao Zedong
• Led the army in developing guerilla warfare tactics to fight the Nationalists and later the Japanese
Slide 6
1937 – Japan invaded China
• Communists & Nationalists fought the Japanese “separately together”.
• Communists were more effective in their guerilla war against the Japanese.
Slide 7
Civil War Continued 1945-1949
• The West supported the Nationalist Army and the USSR sent some support to Mao
Slide 8
Communist Victory
1949 • the Communists
founded the People’s Republic of China.
Slide 9
China under Communist• Foreigners were
kicked out• Redistribution of land
by the government• Industrialization
began• Women gained power
Slide 10
Mao consolidated power• Many who were
nationalists, upperclass, or dissidents were imprisoned in forced labor camps or killed.
Slide 11
Social Class Changes• Wealthy upper class
(including ruling families) was removed.
• Landowning class was destroyed.
• Intellectuals attacked
Slide 12
Great Leap Forward 1950s-
• Mao’s government took control of all the land.
• Started “back yard industrialization”
Great Leap Forward
• The plan failed miserably – famine caused over 20 million deaths, steel production dropped drastically.