Communism and capitalsm

in the People‘s Republic of China

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Overview• Mao Zedong• Cultural Revolution• The Great Leap Forward• Deng Xiaoping• Hu Jintao• Everyday life

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Mao Zedong• First Librarian in Peking• Member of the cofunders of

the People‘s Party of China• Discouraged enemies by brutality• Pushed his followers into

bloodthirstiness• Head of State in 1954

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Cultural Revolution

• Was the last masscampaign of Zedong• Class conflicts were very important• Zedong activated rebels against the

conservative community• Whole structure should become

communist

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The Great Leap Forward• From 1958 until 1962• Aim:

– to make China an economic power– To strengthen communism– Farmer became manpower

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The Great Leap Forward• Not enough farmers for

agriculture• Catastrophe – many people died

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Deng Xiaoping• Leader of the communist

party and of the People‘s Republic of China

• After civil war, he becameGeneral secretary

• Never head of the state

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Deng Xiaoping

On 19 december 1984 Xiapoing and theBritish prime minister signed the SinoBritish Joint Declaration which appointedthat China gets back the colonyHongkong in 1997.

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Hu Jintao• Involved in technical and

political leadership positions

• Became president in 2003• In 2005 he joined the

meeting of the UNO

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Everyday life

• Day begins at 6 o`clock with gymnastics or jogging

• Variety of cultural events for example: cinema, theatre, sports event and a busy nightlife.

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Everyday life II

• 8000 executions a year

• Very strict censorship

• 184 million overweight people

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