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The Community Party's Chairman
Mao Zedong was the man who became the Chairman of The Chinese Communism party. He was the author of "The Little Red Book" a book about some of the selected statements from speeches and writings by Mao. -
The Start of Mao Zedong's Reign
After defeating the Nationalist Party in 1949, Mao Zedong made China into a Communist state called "The People's Republic of China". And once Mao Zedong became the leader of China, he gave very little Political Freedom to his people, but used propaganda to make them support him. -
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Mao Zedong's Era
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China's Path to Crisis
During 1958 Mao Zedong started a program called "The Great Leap Forward", which was supposed to help increase economic development, but did not go exactly as planned. Instead it would cause one of the worst famines in history, making 20 million people starve. -
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The Great Leap Forward
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China in Crisis
In one year, China's economy shattered from The Great Leap Forward becaue of poor agriculture production, droughts, and floods. 20 million people starved while millions more died from disease. After the abandoning of the Great Leap Forward, many people called for a reform. -
The Red Days
Many people called for a reform after The Great Leap Forward. Mao Zedong did not like this and made a movement called "The Cultural Revolution". The movements purpose was to get rid of any opposition at the Mao Zedong, or the Communist Party. The people who supported Mao were called "The Red Guards", who punished whoever spoke against Mao Zedong. Yet again China fell into chaos, its economy lowering, making also the government not be able to do much. Again, Chinese people called for a reform. -
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Cultural Revolution
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The Start of a New Era
On 1976, Mao Zedong died, and so with that death the Cultural Revolution also stopped. Moderators who wished to restore order and economic growth soon took over, with their leader Deng Xiaoping. -
The Start of Deng Xiaoping's Era
When Deng Xiaoping finally became the leader of China, he followed the Four Modernizations, and made diplomatic relations with the U.S and made more trade with other countries. Deng also made reforms, giving farmers their own land. Another reform was the Police Force was lowered, but the government still help nearly all the power. -
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Deng Xiaoping's Era
The time when Deng first went into office, and left office. -
The Genocide. or Massacre
During 1989, the Chinese Military did not allow a human right (freedom of speech) to take place at Tiananmen Square. At that square people were protesting for democracy for weeks at Beijing. Soon this example spread to other cities, thats when the military attacked and killed hundreds (and wounded thousands) to end the protesting. As these events spread around the world spoke up about the Chinese Government and its rights. -
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Tiananmen Square Massacre
The beginning and ending of the Massacre
