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• Poverty is not socialism.
• To be rich is glorious. Deng Xiaoping

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China Follows Its Own Path
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25. I can summarize Mao Zedongs rule.
Programs Results
Maos Programs

• Industry grew 15 percent a year.
• Agricultural output grew very slowly.

First Five Year Plan 1953-1957

• China suffered economic disaster, industrial
  declines and food shortages.
• Mao lost influence.

Great Leap Forward 1958-1962

• Mao regained influence by backing radicals.
• Purges and conflicts among leaders created
  economic, social, and political chaos.
• Moderates increasingly opposed radicals in
  Communist Party.

Cultural Revolution 1966-1976
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• In the early 1970s the Cultural Revolution
  turned many people against radical Communism.
• Under Zhou Enlai, China began to send out signals
  that it was willing to form ties with the west.
• In 1971, The United States endorsed UN membership
  for the Peoples Republic of China.
• Nixon visits Mao and Zhou, the three leaders
  agree to begin a cultural exchange.

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26. I can explain the changes under Deng Xiaoping.

• Both Mao and Zhou die in 1976 and moderates took
  control of the Communist Party.
• Deng Xiaoping, one of the last Old
  Revolutionaries wanted to use capitalist ideas
  to help Chinas economy known as the Four
  Modernizations.
• Progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and
  Science/Technology.
• Ends Communes, farmers paid rent and could grow
  whatever crops they wished to sell.

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• Food production increased 50 percent in 6 years.
• Small private business allowed to operate.
• Managers allowed to set their own goals.
• Foreign technology and investment welcomed.
• Incomes increased
• Chinese youth adopted western style and music.
• Tourism grew due to the new openness.

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27. I can describe the democracy movement in
China.

• Western investment and tourism led to an increase
  of Western political ideas.
• Many students studied abroad and learned about
  the west.
• These students began to question the Communist
  rule.
• 1989- 100,000 students occupied Tiananmen square
  to protest for democracy.

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• The protests led to widespread support.
• Deng declares martial law.
• Sends 250,000 troops to surround Beijing.
• 3,000 students go on a hunger strike and raise a
  33 foot statue called the Goddess of Democracy.
• Soldiers storm Tiananmen square with tanks,
  killing hundreds of protesters and injuring
  thousands.
• The Communist government tries to cover up the
  protest and aftermath but it had already been
  broadcast all over the world.

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28. I can list the challenges to China in the
1990s .

• Deng dies in 1997, and General Secretary Jiang
  Zemin assumes the presidency.
• Jiang had no military experience and had few
  allies among the generals.
• China has a poor human rights record.
• China was economically open but politically
  closed.

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• Hong Kong transferred back to Chinese control on
  July 1, 1997 after 155 years of British rule.
• China promised to respect Hong Kong economic and
  political liberties for 50 years.