Timeline

• Label the timeline

  A) Establishment of the Peoples Republic of China

  B) Great leap forward

  C) Cultural revolution

  D) Deng Xiaoping begins to rise to power

  E) China begins economic reform

  F) Tiananmen square protests

  
• What happened in 1914

  WW1, Russian revolution (rise of communism)
• What happened in 1929

  Great depression = failure of capitalism, and global birth of communism
• What happened in 1937

  Japan invades china
• What happened in 1939

  Ww2, china vs Japan
• What happened in 1945

  End ww2, nuclear era starts
• What happens in 1950

  China = peoples republic of china, ccp ma, Korea war = china supports north Korea vs united nations/usa
• Mao's Great Walk (1934-1935)

  Mao Tse-tung and other Chinese Communists organized tens of millions of Chinese peasants into what was certainly the most massive and perhaps the greatest revolution in world history
• Chinese revolution

  • Took the historically unique form of harnessing the forces of peasant revolt in the rural areas to surround and overwhelm the cities
• This period laid the groundwork for the subsequent revolutionary developments
• Founding of the People's Republic of China

  1949
• Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949)


  After years of struggle, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil War
• Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949)

  On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong officially declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
• Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949)

  The PRC marked a significant shift in Chinese history, as it replaced the Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek
• Founding of the People's Republic of China (1949)

  Mao became the founding chairman of the PRC, and the country embarked on a path of socialist transformation
• Consolidation of Communist State Power (1949-1952)

  1. Land reforms

  2. Collectivization

  3. Industrialization
• First Five Year Plan (1953-1957)

  Focused on Soviet-style industrialization and economic development
• Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)


  Mao launched the Great Leap Forward campaign, aiming to rapidly transform China's economy and society
• The Great Leap Forward led to widespread famine, economic disruption, and human suffering
• The Great Leap Forward remains one of the most utopian and tragic episodes in world history
• Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

  Mao initiated the Cultural Revolution to eliminate perceived bourgeois elements and strengthen Communist ideology
• Cultural Revolution

  • Involved mass mobilization, political purges, and upheaval across Chinese society
  • Profoundly impacted education, culture, and political institutions
• Mao's death

  1976
• Post-Mao Era (1976-1985)

  Deng Xiaoping emerged as the paramount leader
• Post-Mao Era (1976-1985)

  1. Deng introduced economic reforms, including the "Four Modernizations" (agriculture, industry, science, and defense)

  2. China gradually shifted toward a more market-oriented economy while maintaining Communist political control