theme 3- cultural revolution

when did the red book first appear

1964

who helped write/promote the red book

lin biao and chen boda

when was the maoist creation of SEM (socialist education movement)

1963

what did the maoist creation of SEM (socialist education movement) reveal

true nature of divide within the CCP

what was SEM

acted as an anti-campaign, they were sent to learn from the peasants

why was mao jealous of liu and deng

their successful economic policies

by 1965, what did liu and deng do the agricultural production

restored agriculture to the levels of 1957, before the GLF

how did liu and deng fix the PRC's budget deficit

there was a deficit of 8 billion yuan in 1960 but they turned it to 1 million yuan surplus by 1962

what was industrial growth by 1965

20%

What was the Wu Han affair?

playwrite accused of being a spokesperson for reactionary elements, blackening maos name

When was the Wu Han Affair?

1965

what was the impact of the wu han affair

deepend divisions withing CCP and betwwen CCP and PLA. jiang qing started to play a prominent role after this

what was the group of 5

moderate party officals led by peng zhen, undermining the gang of 4. objective was to act as peacemakers

what was the shanghai forum

hardline leftist radicals, controlled by the gang of 4

when was the group of 5 denounced as capitalist roaders

april 1966

when was cultural revolution group formed

may 1965

when did the cultural revolution officially begin

may 1966

how many people camt to first mass rallie in tiananman square

over a million people

how many mass rallies were held between aug-nov 1966

8 in tiananmen square, mao didnt attend all of these

what happened to liu and deng during the cultural revolution

both were formally dismissed from their postions and had to undergo struggle meetings and then imprisoned

Who was Kang Sheng?

mamber of the shanghai forum, organiser of the purges-head of secret police- devoted to jiang

How did Mao encourage the Red Guards?

"to rebel is justified"

examples of officials supporting the red guards

the names and whereabout of those under the caterogories to be purged were passed to the red gaurds.

Fuzhi- minister for public security- claimed "police should stand of the side of the red guards"

in guangxi province, how many deaths recorded in the decade after 1966

67,000 deaths

how many deaths were reveled to be the result of the purges at the gang of 4 trial

killed over 500,000 CCP officials

how many places of culture were wrecked

nearly 5,000 of the 6,800 beijing had

what was the biggest act of descreation

home of confusious, shangdong province, across 4 week, over 6000 acts of vandalism

between 1967-72, how many were sent up the moutains

over 12 million young people

what was the CRG new campiagn 'cleanising the class ranks' aim?

exterminate all those whose social background made them enemies of mao

as a results of 'cleansing of the class ranks' campiagn how many died in inner mongolia

nearly 23,000 killed and 120,000 maimed

what quote did mao say to doctor showing not full involvement in politics during Cultural revolution

"let others stay busy with politics"

When did Lin Biao die?

September 1971

when was lins death announced?

1972 during "criticise lin biao and confcius" campaign

why was the delayed announcement of lin biaos death cause issues for the CCP

questions arose if they could believe official announcements as he was so close to mao but didnt release it. people started to doubt if any gov statment was trustworthy

when did zhou enlai give deng back his title

1975

what did the return of deng and zhou enlai mean

cultural revolution less enforced after 1973, prison camps continue to expand

how many CCP members came under attack during 1966-76

90%

what did the CR reveal in politics

deep divisons within the CCP and undermined trust in party policies.

demonstrated that the gang of 4 was powerless without maos support

what was life like in laogai camps

backbreaking work while being starved

if they wouldnt confess to crimes they were sleep deprived and beaten

what was average number of prisoners each in laogai during maos time? of which how many died?

10 million average each year

of which 25 million died

by 1976 how many laogai camps were there

5000 labour camps spread across china

between 1966-76 what happened to industrial production and agricultural production

industrial fell by 13.8%

agricultural fell by 2%

what did jiang qing do to pianist who were rebellious

scratch at the ground with their hands to loose sensitivity in their fingers

what was deng xiaopings quote criticising culture

"find they are of an effing battle field"

between 1966 and 1970 what happened to young peoples education

130 million stopped attending school

between 1961-65 what happened to universitys

in 1961 there were 1289 unis open

in 1965 there were 434 unis open

855 universitys were closed

when were cadre schools set up

may 1966

what were cadre schools

labour camps where suspect government/CCP officials were sent for re-education

who organised cadre schools

lin biao, after his death they began to close, fully shut by 1976

how many cadre schools were set up?

1000 schools were set up

how many were held in cadre schools

100,000 higher rank cadres held there

deng xiaoping was one of them

what would doctors do ensure they werent pruged

would cancel operations to sweep floors, no longer used anoesthia and painkillers

how did mao keep healthcare but remove the elitist elements of it

barefoot doctors, six-month period and would work among the peasants

by 1973, how many new doctors due to barefoot campaign

over 1 million

how did persucutions of religion intensify during CR

no public worship or ceremonys allowed

any clergy who had previously survived were now round up and imprisoned

during suppress counter-revoultionaries how many were executed in guandong

28,000 executed

why so many in guandong

had previously been a pro-nationalist strong hold