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China 1949 - 1980
Foreign Relations & War
China signs treaty with the USSR
February 1950
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China signs pact with Soviet Union and formally becomes allies and trade partners
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China moves troops into Korea
October 1950
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Ceasefire in Korean War
July 1954
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China stops diplomatic relations with USSR
July 1964
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Mao felt threatened by change in leadership in the USSR and wanted to protect his Communist state
Shanghai Communique between US and China
September 1972
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President Nixon comes to hold talks with China. These discussions are positive however Mao apologises because he will continually denounce the US
- Taiwan issue
- Further US and cultural exchange
- Promise for China not to be threatened by two of the worlds super powers (Japan & US
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Four Modernizations approved
January 1975
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Agriculture, industry, national defence, science and technology
Hua Gofeng relieved of all posts
April 1976
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Former Premier & Vice Chairman of CCP
The Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
1966 - 1976
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A political upheaval in China 1966–68 intended to bring about a return to revolutionary beliefs
Term ''The Four Olds'' first appears
1966
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Mao persecutes old ideas, old customs, old habits and old culture. He believes these things must be vanished for Communism to succeed
The first Red Guard group emerges
1966
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Mao's little Red Book published for mass readership
September 1966
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Mao distributes this red book throughout schools than the army and than everyone. People spent hours chanting the quotations found in the book
''Mao's school of thought
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The Great Leap Foward
Great Leap Forward
May 1958 - 1961
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Effort to massively industrilize China by;
Government buys industry from Soviets with grain, thus starving peasants
Peasants also ordered to create steel in their backyards !!! (unsucessful)
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China's Great Famine
1959 - 1961
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''Three bad years''
Severe draught and small rations causes millions to perish
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Government starts to see flaws in the GLF
1959
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Deng Xiaoping gains power
1980
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Hua Guofeng was seen as a leader that only went by what Mao said and he and his followers quickly got the name ''whateverists''. Deng Xiaoping gained power however installed himself as Paramount leader and not the chairman and placed Zhao Ziyang (Prime Minister) and Hu Yaobang (General Secretary and chairman of the Central Committee)
Mao & CPC Power
CPC gains power
October 1949
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Mao and his communist followers gain power while Nationalists flee to Taiwan
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Five year plan
January 1952 - 1957
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Massively increases industry, 120% more than projected
Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
May 1956 - June 1957
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Mao calls for people to express their ideas on the government
Founding of First People's Commune
April 1958
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The beginning of grouped farming and another step towards Mao's vision
Mao passes away
September 1976
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Gang of Four arrested
October 1976
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Gang of four lead by Jiang Qing (Mao's Wife) arrested and charmed for crimes committed during the Cultural Revolution http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-13tYgFxI7GY/Ta4D1-ITA4I/AAAAAAAAAF8/wTT-5GoIvHQ/s1600/Gang_of_Four_at_trial.jpg