Jonah Butman
Mia Valdes
Contemporary World Fiction
February 15, 2010
Contemporary Chinese History
General Overview:
The contemporary history of China begins with the end of the civil war on October first
1949 when the People’s Republic of China was...
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Jonah Butman
Mia Valdes
Contemporary World Fiction
February 15, 2010
Contemporary Chinese History
General Overview:
The contemporary history of China begins with the end of the civil war on October first
1949 when the People’s Republic of China was established.
Mao’s regime dissolved class
systems, and pumped the agricultural and industry of China to a record level.
In 1960 and 1961
Mao’s “Great Leap Forward” failed to bring in enough food to the country.
Famine and starvation
ran rampant and Mao’s legitimacy was argued.
Mao tried to regain his former power through his
Cultural Revolution.
Contrary to what the name insists, the Cultural Revolution was not cultural at
all.
The current party president Liu Shaoqi and General Secretary Deng Xiaoping saw the failure
of the Great Leap Forward and disbanded communes, communally owned corporations.
Mao
launched a political counterattack and propagandized capitalism within the government.
In
essence, Mao incited unrest.
The turmoil of
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