Chiang Kai Shek
May-ling evacuated chiang and his son to Taiwan
Moved government to Taipai, Taiwan
Marxism and China
Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels
The study of Marxism in China was started by Mao.
It was promised great riches for China
Marxism influenced many people to support Mao and his society of communism
This communist society brought down nationalism and communism became their china's society later on
Named Maoism after becoming the official leader
85% of this country supported Maoism
great leap forward and Great Famine
1958- 1962
the great leap forward was a campaign by the CCP
Everyone in China has to be involved in steel- making
Major economic disaster
Farmers left their crops which was 85% of them
Led ti Great Famine- nationwide famine that cost more than 40 million lives
Three Year Natural Disaster
Millions starved and they became a very poor nation
Started to protest and rebel against communist powers
Cultural revolution
May 16, 1966
Betrayal within the communist party
Communist leaders all went different directions and created chaos
Communists fought for leadership of the CCP
hundreds of millions of innocent Chinese people were killed or imprisoned
Red Gaurds created chaos in public
Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping
Was a jhuge tragedy
Arrested the Ganag of Four Yao Wenyuan, Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, and Wang Hongwen
Mao Zedong
Lost trust in many of CCPs top leaders
Suffered from neuron heart disease
In September 2, 1976, severe heart atttack
Died 6 days later
Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
First time CCP army killed civilians publicly
Protest was due to embezzlement, corruption, and conspiracy between government officials and businessmen
They demanded for the freedom of the press, speech and assembly
NAOT- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Signed on April 4, 1949
You agree to a mutual defense in response to an attack by an external party
Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium
Treaty of Brussels was ther precursor to the NATO agreement
There are 28 countries omvolved
The Korean war was crucial for NATO because it raised the threat level greatly
The process of eliminating the cult of personality
Cult of personality= when an individual uses mass medua to create an idealized and heroic public image
created by Joseph Stalin
INfluenced communist states that they could peacefully coexist with capitialist states
Developed by the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union applied it to the US and NATO countries
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