5-20-10

Today Duy continued his presentation. Here is his information.

--- Marxism and China ---

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the founders of Marxism

The study of Marxism in China was started by Mao Zedong

It promised riches for China

Marxism influenced many people to support Mao and his society of communism

This communist society brought down nationalism and communism

Named “Maoism” after Mao became the leader of China

--- Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine ---

1958 to 1962

The Great leap forward was a campaign by the CCP

Everyone in China had to get involved in steel-making

Major Economic disaster

Farmers left their crops which was over 85% of the farmers had to leave and that made the food supply really low

This led to the Great Famine nationwide that cost more than 40 million lives

Three Year Natural Disaster

--- Cultural Revolution ---

May of 1966

Betrayal within the communist party

Communist leaders went different directions and that created Chaos all over the place in China

Communists fought for the leadership of the CCP

Hundreds of million of innocent Chinese were killed or imprisoned

Red Guards in Public killed people instead of trying to make them calm

Arrested the Gang of Four

--- Party Stoppers ---

The first wave of army personal to try and stop the riots in China

--- Mao Zedong ---

Lost trust in many of the CCP’s top leader

Suffered from a neuron heart disease
On September 2 he suffered a heart attack and he died six days later

--- Tiananmen Square Massacre ---

Happened in 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 press, speech, and assembly

Here is bens presentation:

--- NATO ---

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Signed on April 4, 1949

You agree to a mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party

Headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium

Treaty of Brussels was the precursor to the NATO agreement.

Today there are 28 countries in NATO

The Korean was crucial for NATO because it raised the threat level greatly

NATO was an alliance between Canada, the US and Europe

--- De-Stalinization ---

The process of eliminating the cult of personality

Cult of Personality was when an individual uses mass media to created an idealized and heroic image

Created by Joseph Stalin

--- Peaceful CO existence ---

influenced communist states that they could peacefully coexist with capitalist states

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