HIS102Y1 Lecture : HIS107Chapter 21 notes.docx
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Jan 1976: chairman of the chinese communist party. Gang of four blamed for excesses of cultural revolution. Hua"s two whatevers: whatever policy decision mao makes and follow whatever his instructions were. The four modernizations: agriculture, industry, science and technology, defense. Admits they have to be a dictatorship in order to root out the people who are against communism. Admits that taiwan has progressed much better than china taiwan almost as good economically as japan: says in the 1950s, economic situation was the same in taiwan and. 1982-23: communes dissolved, since it is clear they don"t work| 1949-59: china maintains diplomatic and commercial relations with only the soviet union. 1972: nixon visits china, limited commercial relations with usa start. Open door policy american-chinese trade increases to . 5 billion in. Open door policy extended to other countries. May 16: more than 3000 stage a hunger strike. May 30: martial law declared by chinese government.
