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Social Legacy of revolution
30% of land redistributed more fairly
Primary school and university attendance grew by 100% and 200% respectively
Mao introduces reforms against buying wives and betrothal
Strict agricultural conditions met with bad weather resulted in Famine of 1958
Political legacy of revolution
2-3% of the population made members of the party
Hundred Flowers Campaign encouraged public opinion on the party and allowed Mao to coax out enemies whom he then repressed and following the policy public opinion was heavily repressed
500-800k of the former ruling party, Kuomintang nationalists, killed
Workers given power to challenge their bosses
Finance and economics sectors purged on suspicion of corruption
Great Leap Forward
Mao aimed to become a major industrial power and so peasants were pushed into agricultural communes and workers pushed into factories to up the production
Poor weather led to bad harvests which brought a famine that killed around 20 million people
Black market and theft was commonplace
Stalin and Maoâs relationship
Mao had relied on Stalin during the civil war for financial and political support
Stalin began to weaken China and advise against expanding in Northern China as he was fearful of Chinese power.
Relations began to deteriorate after this
Khruschevâs criticisms of Stalin
Khruschev had a more peaceful approach to the West which angered Mao
Khruschev also criticised Stalinâs cult of personality which angered Mao as he had his own cult of personality
Revisionism
Mao visited Moscow in 1957 and encouraged the USSR to aid revolutions in other nations which they ignored
Khrushchevâs visits to the USA and his cordial relations with the west made Mao accuse him of abandoning Marxist principles
1958 incident
Mao attacked Taiwanese forces to prevent an uprising
Khruschev is angered that Mao didnât discuss with him first
1960 incident
China and the USSR disputed ownership of Xinjiang region with both nations wanting the resource-rich area
Russia offered aid to India in their war against China resulting in Russian diplomats being pulled from China and over 300 trade contracts being cancelled
1968 incident
China and russia clash over control of Zhenbao island resulting in 200 deaths