China After Mao
1976--2012
Answer???
“It Does Not Matter if the Cat is
Black or White As Long As it
catches Mice”
What does quote mean?
Mao Dies
1976
Cultural
Revolution Ends
with his Death
Parkinson’s
Diease
70%
Correct/30%
Wrong
Zhou Enlai Dies
Also Dies in
1976
Leaves
Power
Vacuum in
China and
CCP
Gang of Four
Led by Mao’s 3rd
Wife tries to take
power after
Mao’s death.
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Cultural
Revolution
Deng Xiaoping
Communist Party
Leader Often in
and out of Mao’s
Favor
He and Son are
Victimized during
Cultural Revolution
Opposed Gang of
4 for control of
China
Deng Xiaoping Wins
Deng Xiaoping Wins Control
of China
Members of the Gang of Four
Are Jailed
Legacy of Deng Xiaoping
Formally Normalizes Relations
with the US
Begins the Modernization of
China
Tiananmen Square Massacre
4 Modernizations
Deng Xiaoping’s Plan to Modernize
China
Agriculture
Industry
Science and technology
The military
Limited Capitalism
Deng Xiaoping Allows Limited
Capitalism and Market
Economies to Improve China.
Creates SEZ/Special
Economic Zones for Free
Markets-great economic
success
Capitalism but not Democracy
China Under Deng Xiaoping Had
a Growing Free Market but not
the Personal and Political
Freedoms that Often Accompany
it.
Communist Government Allowed
Making Money but still
Oppressed People Politically
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In the Late 1980’s Gorbachev allowed
for more freedom ‘Glasnost’ in the
Soviet Union
Chinese People want the Same from
Deng Xiaoping
Gorbachev Visits China in 1989 which
increased demand for more freedom
by the Chinese, especially Chinese
Students
Tiananmen Square
April-June1989
Chinese Students and
Workers Stage Mass
Protest in Front of
Chinese Government
Buildings Demanding
More Freedoms
Students Refuse to
Leave until reforms
are made.
Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 4, 1989
Chinese
Government Clears
the Square and
Cracks Down on
Protestors All over
Beijing
At Least 3,000
Killed
China Today
Economically More and More
Capitalist
Politically Still Communist
Still Wants Taiwan Back
Modernization Continues
No Sign of Communist Party
Losing Control