1. Slide 1
Revolution in China
and Communist China
(How does this compare with the
Russian Revolution and Stalin’s
Soviet Union)
This presentation relies heavily on a power point created by Dan
McDowell. Teaching Point, ©2003

2. Slide 2
Background
• Manchu /
Qing Dynasty
maintained
limited power
while other
nations held
major
concessions
in the 20th
century.

3. Slide 3
QING DYNASTY FELL
• Rural & urban
workers,
nationalists,
communists, and
intellectuals
protested against
the government.
• The dynasty fell in
1911 and a weak
provisional
government took its
place.
• 1911 – 1925
Chinese Republic

4. Slide 4
CIVIL WAR 1925-1937
• After the provisional government failed,
the NATIONALISTS led by Chiang Kai-
shek, the COMMUNISTS led by Mao
Zedong, and various WARLORDS began
a CIVIL WAR for control of China

5. Slide 5
Mao Zedong
• Led the army in
developing
guerilla warfare
tactics to fight the
Nationalists and
later the
Japanese

6. Slide 6
1937 – Japan invaded China
• Communists &
Nationalists fought
the Japanese
“separately
together”.
• Communists were
more effective in
their guerilla war
against the
Japanese.

7. Slide 7
Civil War Continued 1945-
1949
• The West
supported the
Nationalist
Army and the
USSR sent
some support
to Mao

8. Slide 8
Communist Victory
1949
• the Communists
founded the People’s
Republic of China.

9. Slide 9
China under Communist
• Foreigners were
kicked out
• Redistribution of land
by the government
• Industrialization
began
• Women gained power

10. Slide 10
Mao consolidated power
• Many who were
nationalists,
upper-class, or
dissidents were
imprisoned in
forced labor
camps or killed.

11. Slide 11
Social Class Changes
• Wealthy upper class
(including ruling
families) was
removed.
• Landowning class
was destroyed.
• Intellectuals attacked

12. Slide 12
Great Leap Forward 1950s-
• Mao’s government took
control of all the land.
• Started “back yard
industrialization”

13. Great Leap Forward
• The plan failed miserably – famine caused
over 20 million deaths, steel production
dropped drastically.

14. Slide 14

16. Both USSR and China
• Totalitarian government and leader
– TOTAL control of all the gov, econ, and
culture
– LAND collectivization /Industrialization
– Gains in industrialization/women’s status
– Millions of political “opponents”
imprisoned and/or executed
– Millions die in famines
– U.S. and its allies are enemies
Slide 16