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After decades of war and chaos, COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER CHINA OCTOBER 1, 1949 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAO ZEDONG
MAOISM A FORM OF COMMUNISM DEVELOPED IN CHINA BY MAO ZEDONG THAT FOCUSES ON PEASANTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, RATHER THAN FACTORY WORKERS IN THE CITIES.
Mao became paranoid of other Communist leaders and educated people, so he began the CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN 1966
MAO SAID THIS WAS PART OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE TO PERFECT COMMUNISM IN CHINA.
MAO FORMED A GROUP OF YOUTH, KNOWN AS THE RED GUARD, TO ACT AS LOYALTY ENFORCERS THROUGHOUT CHINA
The Red Guard tried to destroy everything in China that was Western or anti-Communist, including some of Chinese History.
MAOS LITTLE RED BOOK OF QUOTATIONS WAS READ BY EVERYONE as if it was holy.
Children were also a big part of the Cultural Revolution many children told officials about their parents un-Communist activities, such as telling Mao jokes or hiding family heirlooms.
Anyone who was educated was suspected as being anticommunist. ANYONE WHO DISAGREED WITH MAO AND THE RED GUARD WERE PUBLICLY HARASSED, BEATEN, EXILED TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, IMPRISONED, AND SOMETIMES EXECUTED.
1972 PRESIDENT NIXON WENT TO CHINA for face to face talks with Mao, although the US and China had been enemies since the Communist take over of China in 1949 THIS WAS A LANDMARK CHANGE THAT LED TO MANY OF THE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE TODAY WITH CHINA.
Mao died
September 9, 1976
Maos death ended the Cultural Revolution, and slowly China became more open to trade with the West, but was still suspicious of democracy.
Even after Maos death, Chinas Communist government continued to control and brutalize its people.
The TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS OF 1989 culminating in the TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE(also know in China as the June Fourth Incident) were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing beginning on April 14.LED MAINLY BY STUDENTS AND INTELLECTUALS WHO WANTED GREATER FREEDOMS, the protests occurred in a year that saw the collapse of a number of European Communist governments.
TIBET IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF CHINA. Buddhist Monks protest Chinas control over their people and the Han Chinese who have taken over much of Tibet