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Passing Laws
Mao passed the Agrarian Reform Law, the officials help china with land reforms. Animals, machinery and land were given to peasants and landlords had reason to fear for their safety. Mao passed many laws in 1950s. -
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The 3 anti-campaigns and the 5 anti-campaigns
The "Three Antis Campaign" was followed by the Five Antis Campaign. It was to ban bribery, non-payment of taxes, fraud, taking government property and spying. People who are found guilty of these rules were sent to prison rather than be killed and the ones who were found guilty of speaking out against the party line have to go through serious punishment. They could be sent to prison or sent into the countryside to be "reformed" by peasants. -
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The Great Leap Forward
Mao wants to modernise China by developing their agriculture and industry so by 1988 they could be rivalled with America -
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Split of th Solviet Union
China and Solviet Union's government went into an intellectual debate about the future of communism. The United States was delighted to see a wedge being driven between the two communist superpowers. -
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was to make China into a new and strong country. Mao Zedong eliminated political resistance to his rule and the Communist Party -
The Test No.6
China's first test of a 3 staged thermonuclear device and its 6 nuclear weapons test. The device was released at Lop Nur Test Base in Malan, Xinjiang. China then became the fourth country after the United States, Soviet Union and the United Kingdom to have developed a thermonuclear weapon, successfully.