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Proclamation of The People's Republic of China
Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the people's republic of china. Mao's first goal was a total overhaul of the land ownership system, and extensive land reforms. The People's Republic of China was established after Mao beat Chang Kai-shek and forced him to retreat to Taiwan. -
Korean War
The war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. the Republic of Korea were mainly supported by the United States of America, while the Democratic People's Rupublic of Korea was supported by the People's Republic of China. -
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social campaign of the Communist Party of China. this is aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform the country from an rural economy into a modern communist society. -
Great Chinese Famine
the great Chinese famine took place between the years 1958 and 1961 characterized by widespread famine. this famine was cause by drought, poor weather conditions, and the policies of the Communist Party of China. this famine caused the crop production to decrease from 200 million tons (1958) to 143.5 million tons (1960). this also effected the population, in 1961 the population was 658,590,000 and by the time of 1956, 13,480,000 have died. -
The Four Pest Campaign
The Four Pests campaign was one of the first actions taken in the Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1962. This was a hygenic campaign created by Mao. the campaign is to exterminate mosquitoes, flies, rats, and sparrows. the reason to this campaing was that it was said that these four pest were the reason of the loss of grains and fruits -
Sino-Indian War
The Sino-Indian War was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962. The main reason of this war was the Himalayan border, but other issues played a role in this upbringing -
Four Modernizations
the Four Modernizations were to strengthen the fields of agriculture, industry, national defense, science and technology in China. these four modernizations came in play after Mao's death -
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. this revolution was to exterminate all capitolism and introduce socialism. -
Nixon visits China
President Nixon's visit to China was to see Mao the leader of The people's republic of China. This visit was to strengthen relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. In this visit Taiwan was also set aside and the two countries agreed a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan. -
Death of Chang Kai-shek
Chang Kai-shek was the leader of nationalist party of China. he was fighting Mao Zedong in the chinese cival war. After losing the cival war Chang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan where he enstablished his Nationalist goverment. -
Death of Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao was the head leader of the People's Republic of China, and the leader of the Chinese revolution. durring his era he was considered a god. Mao wanted to achive socialism for China, and he started may revolutions such as the cultural revolution or the great leap forward. -
One child policy
The one child policy was created so that they can lower the poppulation of the Chinese people. this worked really well becuse 400 million births from 1979 to 2011 were prevented. in the picture it says "For a prosperous, powerful nation and a happy family, please practice family planning." -
Chinese economic reform
The Chinese economic reform was put in play by Deng Xiaoping in december of 1948. Economic reforms were carried out in two stages. The first stage, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, involved the advancment of agriculture, the opening up of the country to foreign investment, and permission for entrepreneurs to start up businesses. the seccond stage however involved the state-owned industry and the adjustments of price controls. -
Tiananmen Square Protest
The protest was caused by the grievances over inflation, small oppotuities for careers, and corruption in the government. The largely student-run demonstrations aimed for continued economic reform and liberalization. through out this protest there were over 2500 deaths and 10000 injuries -
Internet censorship
The Chinese Internet censorship was created to prevent western influences and ideas of democracy. The governmental authorities not only block website content but also monitor the Internet access of individuals. It was said that China has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world.
