China After Mao
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China After Mao
Mr. Ornstein
Willow Canyon High School
IB History
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“It Does Not Matter if the Cat is Black or White As Long As it catches Mice”
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Mao Dies
1976Cultural Revolution Ends with his DeathParkinson’s Diease70% Correct/30% Wrong
Zhou Enlai Dies
Also Dies in 1976
Leaves Power Vacuum in China and CCP
Gang of Four
Led by Mao’s 3rd Wife tries to take power after Mao’s death.
Want to Continue Cultural Revolution
Deng Xiaoping
Communist Party Leader Often in and out of Mao’s FavorHe and Son are Victimized during Cultural RevolutionOpposed Gang of 4 for control of China
Deng Xiaoping Wins
Deng Xiaoping Wins Control of China
Members of the Gang of Four Are Jailed
Legacy of Deng Xiaoping
Formally Normalizes Relations with the US
Begins the Modernization of China
Tiananmen Square Massacre
4 Modernizations
Deng Xiaoping’s Plan to Modernize China
Agriculture
Industry
Science and technology
The military
Limited Capitalism
Deng Xiaoping Allows Limited Capitalism and Market Economies to Improve China.
Creates SEZ/Special Economic Zones for Free Markets-great economic success
Capitalism but not Democracy
China Under Deng Xiaoping Had a Growing Free Market but not the Personal and Political Freedoms that Often Accompany it.Communist Government Allowed Making Money but still Oppressed People Politically
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In the Late 1980’s Gorbachev allowed for more freedom ‘Glasnost’ in the Soviet UnionChinese People want the Same from Deng XiaopingGorbachev Visits China in 1989 which increased demand for more freedom by the Chinese, especially Chinese Students
Tiananmen Square
April-June1989
Chinese Students and Workers Stage Mass Protest in Front of Chinese Government Buildings Demanding More Freedoms
Students Refuse to Leave until reforms are made.
Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 4, 1989 Chinese Government Clears the Square and Cracks Down on Protestors All over Beijing
At Least 3,000 Killed
China Today
Economically More and More Capitalist
Politically Still Communist
Still Wants Taiwan Back
Modernization Continues
No Sign of Communist Party Losing Control