Question

a) Identify ONE way that internal tension led China to become communist. b) Identify ONE way that Japanese aggression contributed to China’s conversion to communism. c) Explain ONE way that the Great Leap Forward affected Chinese citizens

Answer 1

a) Internal tensions started following the Boxer Rebellion in 1901 which was a result of foreign European intervention in China during the 1800s. The Revolution of 1911 to overthrow the young Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi of the last imperial dynasty in China was successful. After the 6-year-old emperor's abdication, the newly formed republic was ineffective and failed to win mass support and obtain influential power, thus falling subject to the takeover of warlords in China for a period of time. Chiang Kai-Shek defeated the warlords, unified China, and led the Nationalist Party. The Communists had a larger army, which threatened the Nationalists and so Kai-Shek and the Nationalists attacked the Communists first, officially starting the civil war between the two main political parties of China. Mao Zedong rose as the leader of the Communist Party after the Long March which killed many communists during a distance of 6,000 miles. Mao Zedong's masterstroke was winning the support of the masses and in 1949, the Communist Party won the civil war, starting China's period of Communism.

b) Japanese aggression and colonial adventure in China was extremely cruel to the Chinese people, and China felt humiliated, defeated during this time. Japan's massacre of 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers in the Ra*e of Nanking rose more fear, confusion, and the need for new leadership. This created the environment for the seeking of radical change and solutions which is precisely what communism offered at the time. The Nationalist and Communist parties were already engaged in a civil war before the Second Sino-Japanese War, and despite the fact that the two parties had a small truce during the Second World War, tensions rose again after WWII ended and the Communists eventually won the Chinese Civil War due to their military tactics.

c) Although the Great Leap Forward improved industry in China, it greatly affected Chinese citizens by leading the country into great starvation, leading to the death of 20 million Chinese people. Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward plan was an attempt at socializing China and similar to Joseph Stalin's 5-Year-Plans, and it did increase industrial production in China. On the downside, misguided agricultural policies led to insufficient harvests. Agriculture was immensely decreased resulting in food shortages all throughout the country and a large number of Chinese citizens had to pay the price of the Great Leap Forward with their lives. It devastated the rural and lower class populations mainly, consisting of farmers and laborers.

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Answer 2

a) Identify ONE way that internal tension led China to become communist.

China had a civil war between the nationalists and the communists, and the communists were victorious, so we can say that China became communist directly as a result of the previous internal tension. This is a historical fact.

b) Identify ONE way that Japanese aggression contributed to China’s conversion to communism.

Japanese aggression and colonial adventure in China was extremely cruel to the Chinese people, and China felt humilliated during this time. This created the enviroment for the seeking of radical change and solutions, and this is precisely what communism offered at the time.

c) Explain ONE way that the Great Leap Forward affected Chinese citizens

The Great Leap Forward was a massive disaster. The worst outcome of this policy was the famine that killed tens of millions of Chinese. The famine occured due to misguided agricultural policies that led to insufficient harvests.