China-Reform and Reaction

1. China-Reform and Reaction

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5. Reform and Mao’s Legacy • His harsh reforms greatly damaged China • Family life replaced by communal life • No more incentives for higher work • When critics of Mao wanted to change directions Mao created the “Cultural Revolution” to avoid capitalism

6. China and the West • After the Chinese Revolution, they shut the doors to outsiders • China and the USA would go to war in North Korea • By the late 1960’s the USSR and China despise eachother • In the early 1970’s Mao’s right hand man, Zhou Enlai wanted to open relations with the West, he recognized their importance • He invited an American table tennis team to come to China-Became known as “Ping Pong Diplomacy”

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8. Then….. • Zhou Enlai invited the Presiden to the United States, Yorba Linda’ s favorite son Richard Nixon to China. • HUGE!!! • They promised to start with small cultural exchanges and limited trade

11. Change Happening THROUGOUT CHINA • Mao and Zhou died in 1976. Moderate took over led by Deng Xiaopeng • Unlike Mao, he was willing to utilize moderate usage of capitalism • Created “Four Modernizations” agriculture, industry, defense, and science • Eliminated communes, leased the land • Food production increased • He welcomed foreign technology and investment

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13. Massacre in Tiananmen Square • Rich and poor gap developed • Western ideas flooded China, democracy was trying to take root • In the Spring of 1989 100,000 student began to protest and occupy Tiananmen Square • Deng declared Martial law • June 4, thousands of heavily armed Chinese troops attacked the students, killing perhaps thousands.