China 1950-1981: The People and the State - History

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Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965

China during the Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

Communism in China after the death of Mao 1976–1981

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CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

What is China?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

Why does China have a Communist Party?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

Who was Mao Zedong?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

How did China become so rich?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

What was the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

CHINA – THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINA

How long is Chinese history?

Prof. Kerry Brown, King's College London

Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965

CHINA – THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND MAOIST CHINA, 1937-76

The First Five-Year Plan, 1953-7

Prof. Yangwen Zheng, Manchester University

CHINA – THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND MAOIST CHINA, 1937-76

The Great Leap Forward, 1958-62

Prof. Yangwen Zheng, Manchester University

China during the Cultural Revolution 1966–1976

CHINA – THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND MAOIST CHINA, 1937-76

The Cultural Revolution, 1966-76

Prof. Yangwen Zheng, Manchester University

CHINA – THE SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR AND MAOIST CHINA, 1937-76

Was China better off in 1936 or 1976?

Prof. Yangwen Zheng, Manchester University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What was the meaning of the name ‘Cultural Revolution’?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution when he did?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Is it accurate to describe the Cultural Revolution as the ‘decade of disaster’?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

To what extent were Mao’s motives ideological rather than political?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What was the role of the Red Guards in Mao’s strategy?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

Why was traditional Chinese culture a prime target in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

What part did Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, play in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

How important was Lin Biao in the Cultural Revolution?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

CHINA – THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76

To what extent was the Cultural Revolution a success?

Prof. Michael Dillon, Durham University

Communism in China after the death of Mao 1976–1981

CHINA – DENG XIAOPING AND THE OPENING OF CHINA, 1979-97

From Mao to Deng

Prof. Frank Ching, HKUST

CHINA – DENG XIAOPING AND THE OPENING OF CHINA, 1979-97

Economic Development, 1979-97

Prof. Frank Ching, HKUST

CHINA – DENG XIAOPING AND THE OPENING OF CHINA, 1979-97

US-China Relations – 1968-82

Prof. Frank Ching, HKUST

CHINA – DENG XIAOPING AND THE OPENING OF CHINA, 1979-97

US-China Relations – 1979-97

Prof. Frank Ching, HKUST

CHINA – DENG XIAOPING AND THE OPENING OF CHINA, 1979-97

Political Developments, 1979-97

Prof. Frank Ching, HKUST