Political faction that headed the communist party during the cultural revolution, charged with treason post-Mao.
What is the Gang of Four?
100
Serious problem in China which affects neighboring countries and most especially affects Beijing and Shanghai.
What is pollution?
100
Main military force of the People's Republic of China, constriptive draft with 1.5 million in the main force and 800,000 in the reserve.
What is People's Liberation Army.
100
Party workers at the lowest levels. Were expected to demonstrate devolution by spurring the people on to work as hard as they could.
What is Cadres?
100
Introduced and implemented by Deng Xiaoping, encouraged modernization in industry, agriculture, science, and the military.
What is Four Modernizations?
200
Economic and social campaign carried out on the CCP with the goal of transforming the modern Chinese infrastructure into a communal peasant society, result in massive deaths.
What is The Great Leap Forward?
200
The glue that holds Chinese politics together today through personal connections.
What is Guanxi?
200
One of the most powerful political organizations at the very top of the CCP structure.
What is Politburo?
200
The right to rule as seen by the collective ancestral wisdom.
What is The Mandate Of Heaven?
200
Government program including incentives and penalties to ensure that couples produce only a single child (1979).
What is One- Child Policy?
300
The period of Chinese history between the death of Mao and the implementation of Deng Xiaoping's capitalist reforms.
What is 1975-1978?
300
1989 protest with violent response from government with tanks (deomcratic movements that defy the party leadership will not be tolerated).
What is Tiananmen Square?
300
The ruling party and founders of modern China.
What is Communist Party of China?
300
It has shaped the Chinese political system since the 6th century. It emphasized the importance of order and harmony and encouraged Chinese citizens to submit to the emperor's power.
What is Confucianism?
300
Keynesian economic policy that endorses government spending and investment as a means to financial growth.
What is Pump-Priming?
400
Chinese socio-political movement that took place between 1966-1976 with the goal of replacing capitalism and materialistic values with Maoist doctrine.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
400
A command economy directed by a central government based on democratic centralism. From 1949 to 1978 - cradle-to-grave health care, work, and retirement security.
What is Iron Rice Bowl?
400
Chooses the president and vice-president of China but there is only one party-sponsored candidate for each position. "rubber stamp"
What is National People's Congress?
400
Valuing the good of the community above that of the individual.
What is Collectivism?
400
Major metropolitan and economic/financial center of the People's Republic of China, former colony of the British empire up until 1997.
What is Hong Kong?
500
The end of the Chinese Civil War; when the CCP took control and The People's Republic of China.
What is 1949?
500
Socialist doctrine of equality and cooperation centered around an agrarian, peasant-based society.
What is Maoism
500
Collective farms forms with the CCP during the Great Leap Forward with the goal of reorganizing communities into small blocs of 250 families each.
What is The People's Communes?
500
The "Middle Kingdom" Center of Civilization - when all foreigners were seen as "barbarians".
What is Zhongguo?
500
Leader of capitalist reform in a post-Mao China, put forward a mix of authoritarian political control and economic privatization.