First United Front
1923
White Terror
April 1927
Jiangxi Soviet
1928-34
Li Lisan
Mao's adversary who fell
Futien incident
early show of Mao's ruthlessness in purging the Jiangxi Soviet
Long March
100'000 set out and 20'000 made it
Yenan Soviet
1936-1945
Second United Front
1936
Marriage Reform Law
1950
Agrarian Reform Law
1950 (5 mil. landlords killed)
3 Anti-Movement (within Party)
Corruption
Obstruction
Waste
5 Anti-Movement (private business)
Bribery
Theft
Cheating
Tax vasion
Espionage
Party registration
Registration in order to get work/living permit
First Five Year Plan
1952-56 (Industry exceeds 20% - agriculture suffers)
"disturbing imbalances in the Chinese economic system" J. Spence
100 Flowers campaign
1957
Great Leap Forward
1958-62
Great Famine 50 mil. died (Peng Duhuai)
Tiananmen Square
1957-59
Collectivisation
By 1958 750'000
Little Red Book
1964
Yantze River swim
July 1966
Cultural Revolution
Red Army deployed 1968