Cultural Revolution 1966-76 -19 - Impact of the CR Flashcards
(3 cards)
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What were the economic impacts on China from the CR?
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- Industrial production fell by 13% in 1967 because technicians + managers were purged, freight trains were used for transport of RG instead of raw materials, workers were politically engaged
- CR was an urban phenomenon agricultural production didn’t decline, only rural areas close to cities were affected – 2/3 of rural disorders between 1966-68 occurred within 30m from major cities
- Due to Deng’s + Zhou’s leadership economic growth occurred in 1970s due to rehabilitation of experts purged, schools reopening and the 4 modernisations campaign increasing the ‘technological transfer’
2
Q
What impacts did the CR have on society?
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- The ‘lost generation’ were middle/high school students who were refused continued education so had no qualifications
- Religion was targeted in the CR and forced underground + became dangerous to practice, attempted to be replaced by Maoism (little red book)
- Devastating effect of the RG attacks, 500,000 killed, in 1966 they ransacked 1/3 homes in Bejing + 2-day period in Daxing 300 were clubbed to death in town square
- Universities opened again in 1977 after 11yrs of being closed whereas education in the countryside wasn’t affected so 12million young people became barefoot doctors
3
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What cultural impacts effected China due to the CR?
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- China had become a ‘cultural desert’ as 2600 writers, 142,000 teachers, 500 professors had been persecuted and only 8 plays had been approved
- Lasting effect from the red guards attack on the ‘4 olds’ as it was considered counter revolutionary to respect elders + parents – chaos
- Mao + Jiang were successful in eradicating old customs by controlling what people did, but couldn’t control what people thought e.g. the festival of death after the death of Zhou Enlai
