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The PRC
Korean War
Social Reforms
Mass Campaigns (+HFC)
First Five Year Plan
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The People's Republic of China was founded on this day.

1 October 1949

100
The PRC was not formally recognised by this international body until the 1970s.

The United Nations

100
Meaning to 'turn over', it refers to PRC land reform.

Fanshen

100

These sessions were used to publically shame or denounce 'counter-revolutionaries'.

Struggle Sessions

100

This goal of the Five-Year Plan was very succesful, increasing by 16% annually. 

Industry

200

These are people who work for in low levels of the government.

Party Cadres

200

Mao called these people 'the Chief Imperialists"

Americans

200

These hearings were held by peasants to denounce landlords.

Speak Bitterness

200

This campaign targetted intellectuals with bourgeois, western style thinkning.

Thought Reform

200

This goal of the Five-Year Plan was succesfully achieved in less than a month.

Nationalisation of industries

300

This man is premier of China.

Zhou Enlai

300

This is a political consequence of China's involvement in the Korean War.

China politically isolated, China represented on UN by Chiang Kai-shek, America intervened in Taiwan, China forced to rely more on USSR 

300

This statistic grew rapidly under the first decade of CCP rule.

Life expectancy!

300

Zhen Fan, Mao's first Mass Campaign, targetted this group of people.

counter-revolutionaries, KMT supporters and other opponents of the CCP
300

This goal of the Five-Year Plan was less successful, only keeping up with population growth.

Agriculture!

400

This groups consists of a small handful of the most powerful people in the Party and thus in China.

The Standing Committee of the Politburo

400

This is a economic consequence of China's involvement in the Korean War.

US places economic embargo on China, enormous cost (China spent as much on the war in 1951 as they did on reconstruction)

400

This statistic fell rapidly under the first decade of CCP rule.

Illiteracy!

400

Known as the three-antis, this campaign targetted corrupt cadres and government officials.

Sanfan

400

This process began in the Five-Year Plan, refers to joining farms together.

Collectivisation

500

This man is Vice-Chairman of the CCP.

Liu Shaoqi

500

This is a social consequence of China's involvement in the Korean War.

wave of landlord killings, big morale and legitimacy boost for the CCP government

500

This key piece of legislature introduced by the PRC gave women equal legal rights, banned arranged marriages, and allowed women to divorce their husbands.

Marriage Law of 1950

500

Known as the five-antis, this campaign targetted corrupt capitalists.

Wufan

500

The treaty signed between China and the Soviet Union in 1950.

The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance.