Slide 1

Revolution in China

and Communist China

(How does this compare with the

Russian Revolution and Stalin’s

Soviet Union)

This presentation relies heavily on a power point created by Dan

McDowell. Teaching Point, ©2003

Slide 2

Background

• Manchu / Qing Dynasty maintained limited power while other nations held major concessionsin the 20th

century.

Slide 3

QING DYNASTY FELL

• Rural & urban workers, nationalists, communists, and intellectuals protested against the government.

• The dynasty fell in 1911 and a weak provisional government took its place.

• 1911 – 1925 Chinese Republic

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CIVIL WAR 1925-1937

• After the provisional government failed,

the NATIONALISTS led by Chiang Kai-

shek, the COMMUNISTS led by Mao

Zedong, and various WARLORDS began

a CIVIL WAR for control of China

Slide 5

Mao Zedong

• Led the army in

developing

guerilla warfare

tactics to fight the

Nationalists and

later the

Japanese

Slide 6

1937 – Japan invaded China

• Communists &

Nationalists fought

the Japanese

“separately

together”.

• Communists were

more effective in

their guerilla war

against the

Japanese.

Slide 7

Civil War Continued 1945-

1949• The West

supported the

Nationalist

Army and the

USSR sent

some support

to Mao

Slide 8

Communist Victory

1949

• the Communists

founded the People’s

Republic of China.

Slide 9

China under Communist

• Foreigners were kicked out

• Redistribution of land by the government

• Industrialization began

• Women gained power

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Mao consolidated power

• Many who were nationalists, upper-class, or dissidents were imprisoned in forced labor camps or killed.

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Social Class Changes

• Wealthy upper class

(including ruling

families) was

removed.

• Landowning class

was destroyed.

• Intellectuals attacked

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Great Leap Forward 1950s-

• Mao’s government took control of all the land.

• Started “back yard industrialization”

Great Leap Forward

• The plan failed miserably – famine caused over 20 million deaths, steel production dropped drastically.

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Both USSR and China

• Totalitarian government and leader

– TOTAL control of all the gov, econ, and

culture

– LAND collectivization /Industrialization

– Gains in industrialization/women’s status

– Millions of political “opponents”

imprisoned and/or executed

– Millions die in famines

– U.S. and its allies are enemiesSlide 16