Zhou En-Lai
•Became Prime Minister in 1958 (Mao’s second in command)
•Avoided disaster of the Cultural Revolution by ordering the PLA to put down Red Guard
•Under him “Going down” (getting your hands dirty) became a common part of Chinese life
•‘Barefoot Doctors’ travelled the countryside bringing medicine and reporting on the status of the health
•Avoided disaster of the Cultural Revolution by ordering the PLA to put down Red Guard
•Under him “Going down” (getting your hands dirty) became a common part of Chinese life
•‘Barefoot Doctors’ travelled the countryside bringing medicine and reporting on the status of the health
Ping Pong Diplomacy
•USA recognized the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the true China until the 1970s
•Taiwan one of the 5 permanent seats on the UN security council
•Diplomacy began between USA and China after the US ping pong team visited in 1971
•1971 People’s Republic took the seat on the UN security council
•USA still supported Taiwan’s bid for independence
•1972 Richard Nixon visited China to begin trade negotiations
-The wealthy China today opened through this
•Taiwan one of the 5 permanent seats on the UN security council
•Diplomacy began between USA and China after the US ping pong team visited in 1971
•1971 People’s Republic took the seat on the UN security council
•USA still supported Taiwan’s bid for independence
•1972 Richard Nixon visited China to begin trade negotiations
-The wealthy China today opened through this
Mao’s Death, 1976
•There was a bit of struggle for power after Mao including his wife
•Chairman Hua takes over and he put less emphasis on heavy industry
•Workers were paid for work done
•Laid the ground work for the return to capitalism that begins in the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping
-Ends communist in China
Parallel between: Lenin in Russia
•Chairman Hua takes over and he put less emphasis on heavy industry
•Workers were paid for work done
•Laid the ground work for the return to capitalism that begins in the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping
-Ends communist in China
Parallel between: Lenin in Russia
QUOTE
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao Zedong
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao Zedong
Why was Mao's body preserved after his death, I understand he was important but why preserve him and not cremate or bury him ?
China was devastated by Mao's death. There was a struggle of power after Mao's including his wife's. Chairman Hua takes over and he put less emphasis on heavy industry.