China 1949-2000

Mao's attempt to consolidate his rule

• 1952-7 First Five Year Plan [Michelle]
• 1956 Hundred Flowers Campaign [Jessica]

Beginning of Mao's downfall

• 1958 Great Leap Forward [Kerstin]
• 1959-61 Great Famine [Jamie]

Mao's attempt to recover the loss of support

• 1966-76 Cultural Revolution [Tina]
• Contenders for Mao's Power [Melissa]

Mao's foreign policies

• Sino-Soviet Relations [Christina]
• Sino-US Relations [Samuel]
• Tension over Taiwan & Hong Kong [Patrick]

Rise & rule of Deng Xiaoping (1976-97)

• Leadership of Deng Xiaoping [Take]
• Deng's Economic Policies & Four Modernizations [Jasmine]
• 1989 Tiananmen Square [Judy]
• Rise of Jiang Zemin [Jenny]