Communist China

Agenda

1. Quick Review2. Lecture: China post-1949. (20) 3. Primary Document Analysis, China (20)4. Tiananmen Square analysis and denial (15)5. DBQ Grouping Activity, China (20)6. SOL Practice Questions (15)

HW: Study for SOL/AP Examination

China and Communism• China becomes Communist

in 1949, as Mao Zedong takes power.

• To secure power, he would beat the wealthy into giving up land for the poor.

• Campaigns were held to rid country of capitalists influence.– So bad that children

informed on their parents.

Changes in China

• Advocated five year plans similar to Soviet Russia.

• Great Leap Forward, massive infrastructure projects with peasants working in communes. – They lied about grain

production and a famine resulted (30 million die)

Cultural Revolution• Struggle between Deng

Xiaoping and Chairman Mao.• Practical education is

promoted, learning was derided as a capitalist ideal.

• Most important source of knowledge “Mao’s little red book”

• Red Guard would brutalize victims for the continuation of Communist thought.

• Stoplights?...

Tiananmen Square• Economic Reform begins

under Deng Xiaoping, but politically freedom of speech is nonexistent.

• Modernization, “Create wealth for the people.

• June 4th Massacre occurred after weeks of peaceful protest.

• They were promoting democracy and freedom after the death of Hu Yaobang.

People’s Daily1. How does China relate to the Soviet Union?

2. Is there bias within this document?

3. What is the purpose of Industrialization?

Deng Xiaoping Document1. How does Xiaoping differ from Mao Zedong? Use evidence.

2. How would these thoughts echo his response in the Tiananmen Square incident?

3. Is there bias within this document? Explain.

DBQ Grouping Exercise

• Using your three documents, and the video clip as a fourth, complete the following objective:

Question: How does China respond to the notion of “freedom and democracy” from 1949-present?

1.Create a thesis to answer the question2.Create three groupings to answer the question. 3. Identify and describe an outside source that

could be used. Remember the three parts to receive credit: person, document, analysis.

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