Establishing Communist rule 1949-57

-How serious were the problems facing the PRC when it was set up in 1949?

When did the CCP seize power?

1949

When were the reunification campaigns?

1949-50

When was the ‘three antis’ and ’five antis’ campaign

1951-1952

When was the hundred flowers campaign?

1957

When was the Korean War?

1950-53

The Agrarian reform law

1950

When was collectivisation introduced?

May 1953

When were the communes introduced?

1958

The great famine

1958-62

First Five year plan

1952-58

second five year plan

1958-62

Lushan conference

July 1959

Third five year plan

1962-65

Cultural revolution

1966-76

Up the mountains campaign

1968-70

Death of Mao

1976

Foot binding band

1911

marriage law

1950

Pinyin adopted

1956