The cultural Revolution, 1966
•All Mao’s idea
•Wanted to have a ‘pure’ form of Communism
•Red Guards began openly criticizing the gov’t officials
•Some people were upset about the following and were seen as targets:
•Those who wanted to return to capitalism
•‘Specialists’ - anyone who did not do manual labour were forced to work
•Anyone who disobeyed “Little Red Book”
•The Red Guard got so violent that the PLA had to restore order the Revolution ended by 1969
Summary: Huge amount of changed happened during the 60s. In 1966 Mao decided that it was time to reinvent communism, he went on a plan to "fire up" the young kids in China. He swims a mile down river to show that he still has youth and vigor, and after he made a speech on a "pure" form of Communism. He presented the idea of Red Guards and the "Little Red Book". It all started with "Chairman Mao says"...There was more copies of the book than of the bible. Their targets were people called "specialists" anyone who didn't do manual labor were forced to do it, they took all the educated people and put them into field and factories. Lots of young people took over the educated specialists. By 1969 the Red Gaurds started being violent, the Red Guard was disbanded by the PLA.
•Wanted to have a ‘pure’ form of Communism
•Red Guards began openly criticizing the gov’t officials
•Some people were upset about the following and were seen as targets:
•Those who wanted to return to capitalism
•‘Specialists’ - anyone who did not do manual labour were forced to work
•Anyone who disobeyed “Little Red Book”
•The Red Guard got so violent that the PLA had to restore order the Revolution ended by 1969
Summary: Huge amount of changed happened during the 60s. In 1966 Mao decided that it was time to reinvent communism, he went on a plan to "fire up" the young kids in China. He swims a mile down river to show that he still has youth and vigor, and after he made a speech on a "pure" form of Communism. He presented the idea of Red Guards and the "Little Red Book". It all started with "Chairman Mao says"...There was more copies of the book than of the bible. Their targets were people called "specialists" anyone who didn't do manual labor were forced to do it, they took all the educated people and put them into field and factories. Lots of young people took over the educated specialists. By 1969 the Red Gaurds started being violent, the Red Guard was disbanded by the PLA.
Why did the civilians of china read the little red book if it was contradictory and dumb?
Sino-soviet split
•USA realized they could not work with China after their invasion of Tibet and support for North Korea
•The former allies split ways in 1959
•Reasons for this:
•Krushchev’s Peaceful coexistence idea (Chinese felt they were getting closer to the USA)
•Soviet intention to treat China as another satellite
•Lack of Soviet help during the Korean War
•4,000 border skirmishes
•Open fighting between 1964-69 on the Ussuri River
•1964 Chinese get A-bomb and 1968 an N-bomb
Summary: Didn't actually exist just how the chinese precived it, it was just a talk that they might- and it was enough to break up the chinese and russians. Thousands of people killed bordered disputes with Russia and China, became very dangerous because Chinese got their hands on the atomic bomb. Disputes stopped.
•The former allies split ways in 1959
•Reasons for this:
•Krushchev’s Peaceful coexistence idea (Chinese felt they were getting closer to the USA)
•Soviet intention to treat China as another satellite
•Lack of Soviet help during the Korean War
•4,000 border skirmishes
•Open fighting between 1964-69 on the Ussuri River
•1964 Chinese get A-bomb and 1968 an N-bomb
Summary: Didn't actually exist just how the chinese precived it, it was just a talk that they might- and it was enough to break up the chinese and russians. Thousands of people killed bordered disputes with Russia and China, became very dangerous because Chinese got their hands on the atomic bomb. Disputes stopped.