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The land owned by the wealthy was distributed among peasants.
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Chinese people joined the North Korean army against the U.S.A.
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Mao Zedong encourages the high birth rate which resulted in the high populations today.
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After the Korean War between North Korea, allied with China, and the United States, the Chinese economy was damaged. The war was costly resulting in debt and many deaths in their army.
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A plan instilled by Mao Zedong inspired by Stalin's Five Year Plans in the Soviet Union. This plan focused on industrialization and modernization.
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All land is collectivized and farmers are organized into (large) People's Communes
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The Chinese built a plan to industrialize quickly. They wanted to depend heavily on labor and machinery to develop China.
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In the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong shut down schools with the goal of "strengthening" the youth. He made a group called the Red Guards made up of students who later revolted against Mao's ideas.