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Impact of Chairman Mao: China, 1946-76
Main events
First Five Year Plan
1953 - 1957
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The Great Leap Forward
January 1958 - 1963
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Third Five Year Plan
1962 - 1967
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Mao dies
September 9 1976
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The Civil War
Chinese Republic set up
1911
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Emperor overthrown, dynasty collapsed
1911
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Yuan Shikai Emperor
1915
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Yuan Shikai dies
1916
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Communist Party of China (CPC) established
1921
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Sun-Yat Sen dies
1925
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GMD launched campaign to break power of warlords
1926
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Chiang decided to end cooperation with CPC
1927
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GMD in control of whole of China
1928
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Land reforms in Yan'an
1930
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Confiscation of land from wealthier peasants and its redistribution among the poorest peasants
Japanese beginning to occupy parts of China
1931
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Mao is Party secretary and head of gov
1931
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The Long March
1934 - 1935
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War against Japan
1937
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An agreement reached with GMD and CPC
October 1945
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Communist victory
1949
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The consolidation of power
Jiangxi province - Emancipation of women
1930
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Outlawed arranged marriages. Illegal to purchase wives. Divorce made easier.
Yan'an Rectification campaign
1942
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Common Programme for China set up
September 1949
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Set out an agenda for political, economic and social change
Korean War
1950 - 1953
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New Marriage Law
1950
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Residence permits
July 1951
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All Chinese citizens over the age of 15 had to acquire official residence permits from the police and obtain permission if they wished to move to another area
1.3% State investment spent on healthcare
1952
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Prostitution stamped out
1953
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Children in edcation
1956
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1/2 children aged between 7-16 were in full time education
96% primary-age children enrolled in school
1976
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Economic planning and its results
Hundred Flowers Campaign
May 1957
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HFC abandoned
July 1957
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Launched a full scale attack counter-attack on intellectuals
Four No's Campaign
October 1957
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Great Leap Forward
January 1958
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Mao stepped down as Chairman of PRC
December 1958
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Lushan conference
July 1959
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7,000 cadre conference
January 1962
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Get support against further drift away from his socialist ideas (After 3rd FYP)
Third Five Year Plan
1962
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Deng's statement
June 1962
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“It doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white; so long as it catches the mouse, it is a good cat.”
Summer Conference
July 1962
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“Are we going to take the socialist road or the capitalist road? Do we want rural cooperation or don’t we?”
Socialist Education Movement
1964
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Mao moved to Shanghai
November 1965
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The Cultural Revolution & Aftermath
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution launched
18 August 1966
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