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 lead by Mao Zedong. Confusianism system of beliefs; taught that people need to have a sense of duty to faimly 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.