An ideological crusade designed to jolt China back towards Mao's vision of socialism and communism.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
100
Mao introduced the agricultural policy of these in the 1950s in a move similar to the USSR.
What are collective farms?
200
Period from 1958 to 1961 during which China attempted to transform rapidly from an agrarian economy to a modern communist society.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
200
What is the name of the yearlong, 600 mile journey across some of the most remote parts of China that the CCP was forced into taking after being surrounded by Jiang Jieshi/Chiang Kai-shek’s army?
What was the Long March?
300
Mao's movement to encourage constructive criticism of the government - the name comes from a Chinese proverb
What is the Hundred Flowers Campaign?
300
A Chinese communist revolutionary and leader of the Chinese Revolution and later Chairman of the CCP from 1949-1976.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
The system of family registration.
What is Hukou?
400
Goals set forth by Zhou Enlai in 1963, and which were a focus of the Chinese government henceforth, especially under Deng Xiaoping.
What is Four Modernization?
400
Current president of the PRC, took office in 2003.
Who is Hu Jintao?
400
"unit," the basic level of social organization, a means of organization. Often one's workplace.
What is Danwei?
500
A wall in Beijing which was the focus of democratic dissent. Activists criticized government leaders usually in the form of posters.
What is a Democracy Wall?
500
As leader of the Communist Party of China, he was a reformer who led China towards a market economy.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
500
A wall-mounted newspaper etc., as a popular form of communication in China.
What is a dazhibao?
500
The phrase used by Deng Xioping to describe views of communism versus socialism.
What is “Black cat, white cat, what does it matter as long as the cat catches the mice?”?