IB 20 th Century World History (Y2)

Unit 2 Paper 2 Topic 10 Authoritarian States China/Asia

Mao Zedongs Peoples Republic of China: 1949-1976

EQs & Understandings:

Emergence of Authoritarian States- Assess the methods used by Mao to gain or rise to power
Conditions in which authoritarian states emerged; economic factors; social division; impact of war;
weakness of political system
Methods used to establish authoritarian states; persuasion and coercion; the role of leaders;
ideology; the use of force; propaganda

Consolidation and Maintenance of Power - Assess methods used by Mao to maintain power;
Use of legal methods; use of force; charismatic leadership; dissemination of propaganda
Nature, extents, and treatment of opposition
The impact of the success and for failure of foreign policy on the maintenance of power

Aims and Results of Policies

Aims and impact of domestic economic, political, cultural, and social policies
The impact of policies on women and minorities
Authoritarian control and the extent to which it was achieved

Regional and Global impact - Korean; Vietnam; Cold War Alliances

o foreign policy as a means of maintaining the regime

o impact of regime outside the state

o as a factor in the Cold War

 Mao was one of the most interesting left-wing leaders in his commitment to
Unit 2 Outline: revolution and the breaking down of all elements of traditional Chinese
IB World History Y2 society (this is a disaster for millions of Chinese). Maos legacy is also
relevant in assessing Chinas power economic and otherwise in the 21 st
century. Maos rise and establish of the PRC in 1949 - after Stalin - makes for
Paper 2 Topic 10 relevant comparison of methods, successes and failures in implementation of
SPS Maos China Communism in largely agrarian societies

Unit 2 also deals with the impacts of the 1 st Cold War outside of Europe in
Paper 2 Topic 12 Asia. The outbreak of war on the Korean Peninsula in 1950 was the 1 st
Super Power Rivalries major military conflict of the Cold War. The end of WW 2 & the Korean War
Cold War sets the stage for the establishment of Maos SPS in the Peoples Republic of
China an authoritarian regime that is still in power today.

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT MAOS PRC

1. Civil War, WW 2 and Collapse of Manchu Dynasty

a. May 4th Movement
b. Sino-Japanese War
c. Civil War CCP vs. KMT
2. Maos Communist Party
a. Peoples Republic of China
b. Great Leap Forward
c. Five Year Plans
d. Propaganda
e. Taiwan
3. Cultural Revolution
a. 100 Flowers
b. Anti Rightest Campaigns
c. Little Red Book & Red Guards
d. Sino-Soviet Split
4. Regional Influence
a. Korea
b. Vietnam
c. Dtente (1970s Nixon)

KEY FACTS, TERMS & PEOPLE TO KNOW: THESE ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER!

Collapse of Manchu (1912) Warlord Period

Dr. Sun Yat Sen
GMD/KMT Guomindong & Chang Kai Shek (Kiang Jieshi)
CCP Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong
2nd Sino Japanese War (WW 2 1937-1945)
Shanghai Massacre/ Decade (1927)
Comintern
Long March (1934)
Six Principles of the Red Army
Zhou Enlai
Deng Xiaoping

On New Democracy (1940)

United Front (1937-1945)

3 Antis Campaign (1951)

5 Anti-s Campaign (1952)
100 Flowers (1956)

Great Leap Forward (1958)

-Collectivization
-5 Year Plans
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
- Deng Xiaoping 2x
- Gang of Four
- Red Guards
- Little Red Book

Reactionaries & Capitalist Roaders

Anti-Rightest Campaigns
Revisionist
Counterrevolutionary
Deviationist when leveled against Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping

PLA Peoples Liberation Army

Collectivizations
Women Hold Half the Sky
Communist Youth League
Mao Zedong Thought

1950s
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance
Khrushchevs secret speech
Khrushchevs peaceful coexistence

1966 Sino-Soviet Split

1972 Nixon, Kissinger and US Foreign Policies

AFTER THE DEATH OF MAO RECOVERY IN SPS & COMMUNISM IN CRISIS

Lost 10 Years
Jiang Qing & The Gang of 4
Deng Xiaoping
4 Modernizations
Tianamen Square, 1989
pragmatism
The 10 Year Plan (dont forget Stakhanovism & NEP)
Household Responsibility System
Industrial Responsibility System
Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
Democracy Wall
Wei Jingshengs 5th Modernization
Hu Yaobang
POTENTIAL PAPER 2, TOPIC 3 QS:
Single party states use education as propaganda to obtain support rather than to instill (increase)
knowledge. How far do you agree with this judgment? (1999)

In what ways, and with what results, was propaganda used by one ruler of a single party state? (2006)

In what ways and for what reasons did China develop its own brand of Marxism/Communism under Mao
Zedong? (1999)

Compare domestic policies of 2 leaders of single-party states from 2 different regions (2008)

Compare and contrast the economic and social policies of Mao and Stalin. (2003)

Evaluate the importance of ideology in the policies of two of the following rulers of single-party states:
Castro; Hitler; Lenin; Nyerere. (May 2004)