Benefits of Chinese involvement in the Korean War

Question 1

1. What were the 2 main benefits of the Korean War for China?
2. What did the Chinese military not being defeated by UN forces enable the regime to do? (2)
3. What did farmers pledge to do? (2)
   - What did the workers do? (2)
   - What did businessmen and industrialists sign? (2)

Answer 1

1. Model Soldier Hero: aided propaganda.
   International Prestige.
2. Create propaganda stories of PLA heroism.
3. Increase production & donate surplus crops to troops.
   - Joined patriotic campaigns & increased production in key industries.
   - ‘Patriotic pacts’ promising to pay taxes on time.

Question 2

1. What did the war show about China? (2)
2. What did this increase for Mao?
3. This allowed Mao to come closer to rivalling ______ on the _________ ______ ______.

Answer 2

1. They were no longer weak or would be bullied by foreign nations.
2. Prestige in China.
3. Stalin, communist world stage.