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Chiang Kai-Shek (蒋介石)
Chiang Kai-Shek rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in his youth and went to Japan for military training. After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, he joined…
Chinese Civil War (国共内战) 1945-1949
The Chinese Civil War refers to the re-emergence of conflict between Nationalists and Communists in the immediate aftermath of the Sino-Japanese War.…
Chinese Land reform (土地改革)
Land reform, in a Chinese context, denotes the abolition of the landlord class, returning farmland to peasants in the spirit of Sun Yat-Sen’s…
Collectivisation of Agriculture (农业集体化) 1953-1958
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Mao Zedong (毛泽东)
In 1893, Mao Zedong was born into a rich peasant family in the province of Hunan. Having moved to Beijing for an education, he encountered Marxist…
The Chinese Communist Party (中共)
The Chinese Communist Party began as a small community of urban intellectuals sympathetic to Marxism. After being brutally purged from the city of…
The Cultural Revolution (文化大革命）
The Cultural Revolution was borne out of a power struggle between Mao and reformers in the Chinese Communist Party who allowed for elements of private…
The First Five Year Plan (第一个五年计划 )(1953-1957)
The first Five Year Plan was Mao's model for economic development adapted from the Soviet Union. The plan emphasized the rapid growth of heavy…
The Great Leap Forward (大跃进)
The ‘Great Leap Forward’ is a term used to denote Mao’s Second Five Year Plan which was anticipated to run from 1958-1963. The main impetus behind…
The Korean War 1950-1953 (朝鲜战争)
One year after the People’s Republic of China was founded, Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party were drawn into an international conflict of…