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Deng Xiaoping
Successor to Mao Zedong as a leader of communist China. He also helped modernize China y introducing Capitalism. He was born in August 22,1904 and he died in February 19, 1997 -
Communism
The communist party of china was created in 1921 but didn't become under Mao's control until 1927. -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was born in December 26, 1893. Mao Zedong was one of the people in the group of several who formed the first communist Chinese party. He lead the communist party from 1927-1976. Zedong also rebuilt the communist party and Red army during Japanese Occupation of China. -
Cultural Revolution
This was another one of the Maoist strong traditions. During the Cultural Revolution Mao's enemies along with millions of people were killed. This happened in 1949. During this he also blamed it all on the people that it was their fault which took pressure off him leading to deaths of kids and people. -
The Great Leap Forward
The Maoist started a strong communist tradition including both the the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. The Great leap forward was put into place to transform China into a heavy industrialized economy (build up industries into a system). This took a turn for the worst and ended up leaving many Chinese to starve to death. (Known as Great Famine) https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs201/projects/communism-computing-china/china.html -
Red Guards
A group of Middle school students who called themselves "Red Guards." They got the name from the support of Mao -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
This event is when Chinese troops marched through Tiananmen Square in being to arrest and kill thousands of pro-democracy protesters. In may of year 1989 Young Chinese (Mostly young students) protest for greater democracy. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tiananmen-square-massacre-takes-place
