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Modernizing China
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Long March
The Long March was a retreat by the Red Army. The soliders retreated from Jiangxi to Yanan. Less than 10,000 soliders out of 87,000 surived the march. -
Opium War
Britain attacked China after China made opium illegal and blew up a shipment. Britain won because they were industrialized. Britain made China sign the unequal treaties. -
Great Leap Forward
This program was introduced by Mao. The program diveded China into communes. This led to a disaster because pesants were destroying crops which led to less food. -
Four Modernizations
Deng stressed economic reform instead of class struggle. He named this the Four Modernizations. The main idea was to have households to produce more food. -
Tiananmen Square
In June of 1989 students gathered in the square to protest reforms. Many others gathered and this was ended in a massacre
