Why did Mao launch the CR 2: Ideologues vs Pragmatists

Question 1

1. Who were the 4 main Ideologues in the CR?

2. What did they believe in? (3)

Answer 1

1. Mao Zedong - sidelined leader of China.
   Lin Biao - Head of the PLA.
   Jiang Qing - Mao’s wife.
   Kang Sheng - Head of the Secret Police.
2. Adhering to communist ideology and demands of class conflict.
   Transform China to communism quickly: ‘Red Believers.’
   Anyone who didn’t rigidly stick to this ideology: Capitalist Roader.

Question 2

1. Who were the 3 main Pragmatists in the CR?

2. What did they believe in? (4)

Answer 2

1. Deng Xiaoping - Former General Sec of the C.C, had ran China alongside Mao.
   Liu Shaoqi - Vice-chairman of CCP, made head of PRC in 1959, replacing Mao.
   Zhou Enlai - Premier of PRC.
2. Shouldn’t move towards communism too fast: consequences such as GLF.
   Argued for more caution: needed to consider practical needs.
   Economic experts and educational bureaucrats should be given power to make rational decisions.
   Should ‘seek truth from facts.’