Mao's china topic one establishment of communist control

What was china like in 1949???

- Tens of millions had died in WW2 and civil war
- China was bankrupt and in chaos
- Nationalist retreat left China without gold reserves
- 1 million bandits roamed the countryside
- No stable or unified country
- Industry and agriculture was left devastated after the civil wars and WW2
- Half of the railway network had been destroyed
- Nationalists still sent saboteurs and destroyed CCP ships

How was the new power structured in the CCP???

- Created the provisional constitution
- 1954 new constitution created
- Encouraged democratic centralism which was control of the government through the people
- Structure of the new government 1.comunist party, 2.central peoples government , 3.The peoples liberation army
- The party had under 4.5 million members
- 1949 central committee of 49 members
- People's government held control over the law, Heavy industry, finance and food

How influential was the PLA in the new power structure???

- PLA in charge of the reunification campaigns and the military of china
- PRC was divided into six regions each with four officials: Government Chairman, First party secretary and army political commissar
- Learn from the PLA movement encourage people to learn for the PLA's heroic acts of courage and bravery

what was the suppress the counter revolutionaries campaign???

- Launched march 1950
- Counter revolutionaries where accused as spies and where sent to the prisons
- Definition was expanded to any political dissidents
- Encouraged self registrations stating that they would be treated leniently however they where arrested in the night
- 80,000 counter revolutionary death

what where the three and five antis campaigns???

- focused on the reduction of corruption and waste within the government and the five antis campaign added to this with bribery and tax evasion
- The antis campaigns where used in order to eliminate possible opponents to the CCP
- Campaigns greatly altered the political and social systems within China

Was the reunification campaign in china successful???

- Invasion of Tibet 1950 lead to latter migration of 7 million Han-Chinese
- Invading PLA forces where accompanied by propaganda
- Xijang was unified peacefully
- 280,000 executed in Guangdong
- Created the laogai system which was similar to communist labour camps
- Inmates where used for dangerous works such as digging uranium mines
- Mid 1950s laogais contributed 700 million yuan and 350,000 tons of grain

What where the drawbacks 100 flowers campaign???

- Encouraged intellectuals to speak out against the communist party
- Highlighted party inequalities
- Lead to the launch of the anti-rightists campaign

what occurred in the anti rightists campaign???

- Removed anyone who the regime disliked
- Criticized 100 flowers campaign
- Intellectuals labelled as rightists
- Lead to re consolidation of control over the people

what where some of the benefits of the war in Korea for the CCP???

- The 'Resist America Aid Korea' campaign encouraged involvement in the Korean war
- Spread propaganda that the USA was making use of biological weapons
- Improved Chinese patriotism
- Relations with the soviet union improved
- Lead to overall better relations with Mao and Stalin

what where some of the drawbacks of the war in Korea for the CCP ???

- 400,000 of the 3 million sent to Korea died
- Leant $10 billion to the PRC with high interest