china after mao

China After Mao

Mr. Ornstein

Willow Canyon High School

IB History

Answer???

“It Does Not Matter if the Cat is Black or White As Long As it catches Mice”

What does quote mean?

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