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Mao's take over
on october first is when Mao took power -
state control
all private businesses were brought under state control. The owners were "re-educated" by publically denouncing their past ‘crimes’ against people. -
marriage reform law
mao had banned forced marriages and becuase of that divorces were easier to get. -
split the soviet union
the Sino-Soviet ideological split, between Communist political parties, had escalated to small-scale warfare between Russia and China -
great leap forward
In January 1958, Mao Tse-tung launched the "Great Leap Forward," -
china's tragedies
In the worst manmade famine in human history, an estimated 40 million people died of hunger between 1959 and 1961. -
great leap failure
As a result of the Great Leap Forward's failure, in 1962 Mao Tse-tung was quietly pushed to the sidelines and his rivals took control of the country -
cultural revolution
Mao Tse-tung made his return and launched the Cultural Revolution. -
mao's take off
Mao told his followers that bourgeois elements in China were aiming to restore capitalism. His youthful followers formed the Red Guards and led a mass purge of the "undesirables." Soon Mao was back in command. -
attacks embassy
Red Guards attacked the Soviet embassy in Beijing.