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China's first president and founder of the GMD
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A period of unrest and no main leadership in China. It was the start of Mao's rise to power.
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An anti-imperialist, cultural and political movement by Chinese students in Beijing against the Treaty of Versailles. It started the revolution
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Chinese Nationalist Party that was founded by Sun Yat-Sen. It was the primary opposition against the CCP.
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An association of Communist parties of the world. They promoted Communism around the world and led to Maoism in China
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One of the leaders of the GMD and the President of the Chinese Republic. In 1927 he broke the United Front and purged the communists
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Jiang Jieshi breaks the United Front and purges the CCP
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A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the CCP to evade the pursuit of the nationalists. It started the revolution.
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Mao proclaims the formation of the People’s Republic of China
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Jiang Jieshi flees to Taiwan, where he establishes the Republic of China in exile
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China shows its power by invading and taking over Tibet, a small nation bordering China
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Mao Zedong agrees to Chinese intervention in the Korean War. The rallying cry was "Resist America and Aid Korea". The propaganda promoted the War and produced hatred towards the US
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Reform movements launched in an effort to get rid of corruption in Chinese cities and of enemies of the state. It isolated Mao's power and allowed him to be the "supreme leader"
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Slogan of the Chinese criminal justice system, meaning "reform through labor", refers to the use of prisioners' forced labor. It provided free labor to the economy and still exists
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Five-Year Plans are ambitious economic growth and social development initiatives. The first plan was intended to speed up industrial growth and socialization
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Campaign created by the Communist government to lift restrictions on intellectuals to voice their opinions about the government and issues of the day. It provided greater freedom of thought and speech. A political strategy by Mao
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A collective of people living together and sharing responsibility for production, security and/or political ideas. It unified ideology and homogeneous living
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Five-year plan that was hugely unsuccessful, which reduced Mao's popularity
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An informal committee created to evaluate the potential for a "cultural revolution" in China. Its works displeased Mao and the group was disbanded / purged.
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Replaced the "Five Man Group". It played a central role in the Cultural Revolution's first few years, becoming hugely powerful. It consisted mainly of radical supporters of Mao.
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The objective was to preserve 'true' Communist values by purging what was left of capitalists and traditional elements from Chinese society, and to re-impose Maoism as the principal ideology within the Party
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A form of public humiliation and torture used by Mao's CCP, since the revolution but particularly during the Cultural Revolution. It aimed at shaping public opinion and to remove political rivals and class enemies through public denunciation, beatings and humiliation.
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Political faction composed of four CCP officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution and were later charged with a series of crimes. They controlled the power organs of the CCP in the later stages of the Cultural Revolution.
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Leader of the Communist Party responsible for economic reforms and for China's opening up to the global economy
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