depressing statistics

What percentage of chinese population were peasants

80%

historian about the republic

Lynch: rather than create political stability the republic had produced a political vaccuum

historian about may fourth movement

Morecombe and Fielding: Created a nationalistic fervor to guide the Chinese revolutionary leaders over the next few decades

White Terror (campaign of violence and terror to eliminate communists)

1927-1928 estimated 40,000 murdered because of their loyalty to the ccp

Futian purges to red army

4000 arrested and 1000 executed

Cominterm representative about mao and marxism

Mao distorted Marxist concepts

american journalist about the long march

Edgar Snow: The biggest armed propaganda tour in history

Yan’an local government split into thirds

CCP, leftist groups, anyone except japanese landlords and right wing GMD

rectification campaign new arrivals

70% found to be ‘politically unreliable’

historian quote about the rectification campaign

John King Fairbank: Unity resulted because those who held out against Mao were vilified, penalized, jailed or even executed

Mao uses his time at Yan’an to do what with his ideology

develop his own views on revolution and marxism-leninism

historian negative quote about Yan’an and struggle sessions

Lynch: politically authoritarian

historian quote about the importance of the Yan’an experience

Hsu: of seminal importance to the development of Chinese communism

CCP engagement with Japanese

1937-1945 75% of engagements between china and japan were against ccp forces

economic growth during the first five year plan

economic growth of 9%, industry growth 18% per annum

GLF - simultaneous development of light/medium industry and heavy industry

walking on two legs

slogan of GLF

greater, faster, better and cheaper

People’s communes

communal kitchens and mess halls, commune responsible for education, farming, industry, social welfare, defence

Why was mao forced to turn to workers in the cultural revolution

party bureaucracy had survived the red guards phase

workers and red guards attack local ccp officials and government authorities

shanghai workers and red guards in november 1966

PLA use lethal force to disband radical red guard and workers’ organisations in several provinces

february - march 1967

historian quote about the emancipation of women

Rebecca Karl: More women began performing non-traditional tasks… and yet women’s double burden became intolerably difficult to manage

new political system democratic parties

eight democratic parties govern allongside ccp

how many ministers non-communists

11 out of 24 ministers

historian about ministers in the new government

Jonathan Fenby: “Flower vases” - there for decoration

historian quote about the russo-japanese war

Orlando Figes: The autocracy had sHown itself incapable of defending the national interest

urban works national general strike

12 october 1905 brings industry to a standstill

cult rasputin was involved in

Khlysty

military has

close ties to party and state

Stalin appointed as something

general secretary in 1922

stalin forms something to politically isolate trotsky

troika in 1922