100 Flowers Campaign
Mao used this specific slogan in 1956 to encourage intellectuals to voice their opinions on the government
What is "Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend"?
This is the Chinese term for the network of forced-labor camps established shortly after 1949, meaning "reform through labor"
What is Laogai?
What year did Mao die?
1976
The Communist leader of the USSR who supported Mao and the CCP's rise to power
Who was Stalin?
A type of war fought by more powerful external nations as indirect conflict representing larger tensions
What is a proxy war?
This campaign was launched in July 1957 to crack down on critics who emerged during the Hundred Flowers period
What is the Anti-Rightist Campaign?
The spiritual leader of Tibet who was forced to flee to India in 1959 after a failed national uprising
Who is the Dalai Lama?
What were the four olds?
The four olds were habits, customs, culture, and ideas
The new leader of the USSR who denounced Stalin (attacking Mao)?
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
The American President that established a positive relationship with the CCP in 1972
Who was Richard Nixon?
This is the approximate number of intellectuals and party members branded as "rightists" and subjected to persecution after the campaign was halted.
What is 500,000?
This is the estimated number of deaths that occurred in the laogai system due to ill-treatment, hunger, or suicide during Mao’s rule
What is 25 to 27 million?
What Soviet ideology did Mao implement that justified the Cultural Revolution?
The 'continuous revolution'
Mao joined the Korean War to test Stalin's resolve as an ally due to his intentions to attack this nation
What is Taiwan?
The 2 major proxy wars involving the US and China
What was the Vietnam War and the Korean War?
While some historians see the Hundred Flowers as a mistake, this historian argues it was a deliberate trap to flush out and expose opponents
Who is Jung Chang?
This is the average number of prisoners held in the laogai network annually during the Maoist era
What is 10 million?
What were the names of Maos ultimate opps?
Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.
Stalin's USSR supported the CCP to spread Communist ideology
Why were the USSR & the PRC originally allied?
Mao's justification of joining the Korean War
What is the USA invading China?
Tibet was renamed this by the CCP following the PLA invasion in 1950
What is Xizang?
This high-ranking figure issued a report in 1962 claiming that 20% of the Tibetan population had been imprisoned and many had died
Who is the Panchen Lama?
Can you correctly pronounce Maos ultimate opps?
Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.
"Leo Sh-ao Chee"
"Dung She-ow-ping"
The reason why Mao had to completely oppose Khrushchev & the USSR
What was the importance of Mao's cult of personality?
The Chinese Nationalist party that the US originally supported
What is the Guomindang (GMD/KMT)?