China Comp Gov

cadre

Party officials responsible for implementing policies.

Central Committee

Top decision-making body of the CCP.

Cultural Revolution

1966-1976 campaign to enforce communism in China.

democratic centralism

Political system combining democracy with central leadership.

Falun Gong

Spiritual movement banned by the Chinese government.

Great Leap Forward

1958 campaign aimed at rapid industrialization.

Hundred Flowers Campaign

1956 initiative encouraging open criticism of the CCP.

Kuomintang (KMT)

Nationalist Party opposing the CCP in China.

Long March

1934-1935 retreat of CCP to evade KMT forces.

mass line

Political strategy involving grassroots participation in governance.

May Fourth Movement

1919 cultural and political movement against foreign influence.

nomenklatura

List of influential posts within the CCP.

People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Military forces of the People's Republic of China.

Politburo

Executive committee of the CCP, leading policy decisions.

Red Guard

Youth militia supporting the Cultural Revolution.

special economic zone (SEZ)

Areas with economic policies differing from the rest.

Tiananmen Square (event)

1989 protests advocating for political reform in China.

Central Military Commission

Represents the military in China's government; head plays an important role in policymaking.

Chinese Communist Party

Communist party of China that took over the nationalist party and was led by Mao Zedong.

Confucianism

System of beliefs; taught that people need to have a sense of duty to family and community in order to bring peace to society.

Great Leap Forward

An economic and social campaign initiated by the Chinese Communist Party from 1958 to 1962 aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian society into a socialist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization.

Mao Zedong Thought

The guiding ideology of the Chinese Communist Party, emphasizing class struggle and the importance of peasant support in the revolution.