Causes of factionalism 1969 to 1976 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Mao
shanghai radicals support
Support shanghai radicals at first him in background till he could purge, supported Anti Confucius 1973
Mao
propaganda shanghai
Give control of propaganda group eg Peoples Daily, fuel festival of dead division
Mao
gang of 4 criticism
Calls Jiang ‘shallow and total self centred’
Show not like gang of 4 withdrawing support for wang hogwen for too close association
Question of successor
lin biao concerns
‘throwing stones, mixing in sand and digging up the corner stone’ forcing lins allies make criticsms, add mao loyalists to pla, reoganising beiing military region, decrease his power base
chinese bonaparte
Clashes military commanders adverse current show growing power of the military to act independently= court marshalled
lin biao
coup to go south to gain support
Zhou enali reveals=win prags
lin biao impact
jiang sufferes close ally
senior military commanders purged
mao image ‘infaliable’ over=turning point
maos health never recover
BUT PLA still strong
zhou enlai /prags
lin
stop lin biao aircraft fuel=he dies in removed from factional rivalry
BUT terminally ill
prags
balance
Reduced balance of pragmatists Liu, Dng, Peng Zhen purged create power vacumes to be filled
zhou enlai /prags
Less proffessional rfficirt government as cultural revolution group took over politburo functions
Increase red guard activity attack 4 olds
slow pace of change 4 modernisations, not uphold the verdict of the CR contact the west
Jiang want rid private plots inentive payments increase communes end 4 modernisations
jiang slows economic development and indirrectly attack prags in anti confucus campaign but falls when PLA put down rising against Hua
lin biao
boarder clash
Boarder clashes with ussr and island in ussri river by lin to justify pla growing political role
