China Dates 1945-1989

Hundred Flowers Campaign

1956

Anti-Rightist Campaign

1957

Korean War

1950-1953

Tiananmen Square Massacre

3rd June 1989

Cultural Revolution

1966-1976

cultural heritage erased

approx. 2.6 million deaths and 36 million faced some form of persecution

factional infighting by 1967

Death of Mao Zedong

9th of September 1976

Three-Antis Campaign

1951 - targeted corruption, waste and bureaucracy within CCP

repression resulted in approx. 100,000 deaths

Five-Antis Campaign

1952 - targeted tax evasion, theft of state property, industrial sabotage, bribery and fraud

Raised $1-2 billion USD

Marriage Reform Law

1950 - banned concubinage, child betrothal and introduced divorce rights for women

First-Five Year Plan

1953-1957

introduced collectivisation of labour, coal and electricity production, iron ore production

Great Leap Forward

1958-1962

prioritised heavy industry rather than agricultural production, leading to wdespread famine, killing approx. 30 million

Sino-Soviet Split

1961

China and Soviet Union diverged from the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance

Four Modernisations

1. Agriculture

2. Industry

3. Defence

4. Science and Technology

Democracy Wall Movement

1979

Anti-CCP posters began appearing on areas around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Students expressed desire for fifth modernisation: Democracy

Special Economic Zones est.

1980

Shenzhen

GDP grew by 58% annually compared to China’s of 10%

100k pop to 700k population from 1980 to 1989

Six Main Ideas of Maoism

1. continuing revolution

2. predominance of CCP

3. socialist transformation

4. revolutionary war

5. mass line

6. nationalism

Dr Sun Yixians Principles of the People

1. nationalism

2. livelihood

3. democracy