I. Introduction (Background)
A. Yen'an Period (1936-1946)
1. "Patriotic Heart of China"
a. Education (Resist Japan University)
b. National Resistance ("Liberated Areas")
c. Military (more exposed positions in Northern China)
d. Political (three-thirds system)
2. Actual accomplishments questionable/Popular Support Substantial
B. Civil War (1946-1949)
1. Guomindang (Nationalists)
a.3 million troops
- Modern equipment, trucks tanks, and planes
- Questionable tactics: deploy troops to NE China
2. CCP (Communists)
a. Substantially smaller numbers
b. Mobilized in countryside for several years
3. CCP Victory or GMD Failure (map)
a. Not a failure of arms but strategy (map)
b. Jiang JIeshi had no economic plan
- Sky rocketing inflation
- Widespread corruption
- Seizure of property for elites (re-construction only for the elite)
II. People's Republic of China (PRC)
A. October
1, 1949
1. "The Chinese people
have stood up"
2. Euphoria
a. "Against all odds"
b. "People's Army"
c. Social Agenda
3. People's Democratic Dictatorship
B. "New China"
1. Elimination of Social Ills
a. Opium
b. Prostitution
c. Destitution
d. Illiteracy
2. Land Reform
a. Redistribution of land
b. Violence (1 million dead)
3. Women
a. Marriage Reform Law of 1950
III. Great
Leap Forward (1957-1960) (video - start at 2 min)
A.
China's Socialist Road
1.
Industry vs. Agriculture
-
Short-comings of the 5-year Plan
B. Mao's
"Revolutionary" Thinking
1.
The power of the human will
2.
Permanent Revolution
C.
Transformation
of the Countryside
1.
People's
Communes
-
Communal Kitchens
-
Communal Daycare
2.
26,000 Communes
-
120 million rural households
-
99% of peasant population
3.
Localize Industry
-
Campaign for Steel
-
Backyard furnaces
4.
Transforming Agriculture
-
Kill a Sparrow Campaign
-
"Revolutionary Harvests"
5.
Famine
-
Three Hard Years (1959-1962)
-
20 to 30 million dead
IV. Cultural Revolution
A. Mao's
new vision
1.
Permanent Revolution
2.
Revisionists (Capitalist Road)
B. 1966
1.
Beijing University
2.
Jiang Qing
C. Red
Guards
1.
"Good" Background: Peasant, worker, soldier, martyr
- personal loyalty to Chairman Mao
-
Revolutionary Thought
-
Little
Red Book (Quotations of Chairman Mao)
2.
Battle against Things Foreign and Old
-
Roam the streets
-
Struggle Sessions
3.
1968
- Red Guards disbanded
D. Death
of Lin
Biao (1971)
E. 1976
1.
Zhou Enlai
2.
Zhu De
3.
Mao Zedong
VI. Conclusions
1.
Historical Verdict?
