https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks en-us 2022-02-19 19:45:25 UTC 2025-11-07 20:57:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e8-1f1f3.png wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079389817 1949-present: The People's Republic of China:
Established by the leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution, Mao Zedong]]> 2022-03-05 19:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079389817 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079390679 1640s to 1912:
Prior the the 20th century, China was a monarchy and was ruled by the Qing Dynasty.]]> 2022-03-05 19:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079390679 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079393946 1912-1949: The Republic of China
The Qing Dynasty was overthrown and China became known as the Republic of China.  ]]> 2022-03-05 19:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079393946 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079399146 The leader of the Chinese Communist Party.  On October 1, 1949, he established a communist government in China, which remains to this day. ]]> 2022-03-05 19:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079399146 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079399507 Mao Zedong focused on recruiting and inciting the youth of China.  As you can see in the image, many owned and read "Mao's Little Red Book" which contained many quotes, sayings, and aphorisms that glorified the youth and urged them to capture power in the name of true communism.

]]> 2022-03-05 19:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079399507 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079405877 Although China was a very populated country it wasn’t particularly powerful and didn’t have much industry.  Mao's response was the Great Leap Forward.  During this time, Mao’s government forced its citizens into communes and all property was collectivized; everything from private property all the way down to the pots and pans of individual families was seized and sacrificed to “the cause.”

Responding to Mao’s vision, China focused only on the industrialization of both iron and grain.  Because of his disdain for intellectuals, however, he refused to collaborate with the professionals from either field.  As you can imagine, the plan was not successful.

]]> 2022-03-05 19:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079405877 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079408113 Ultimately, the Great Leap Forward not only failed but created a  estimated death toll of anywhere from 15 to 55 million deaths. The public’s faith in Mao was damaged and he was no longer revered as the sole leader of the nation.]]> 2022-03-05 19:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079408113 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079410111 In order to restore his position as the supreme leader of the PRC, Mao began the Cultural Revolution. He began inciting the youth of China to take back the power from the "corrupt leaders." He spread propaganda encouraging his followers to take out the "bourgeois" elements along with anti-communist elements which we believed had infiltrated the Chinese Communist Party. ]]> 2022-03-05 19:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079410111 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079413066 Mao was very anti-education and believed that education was synonymous with being bourgois. ]]> 2022-03-05 19:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079413066 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079414582 Religion was shunned]]> 2022-03-05 20:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079414582 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079415978 Mao wanted to recapture his previous image as a strong leader so he created a huge publicity stunt in which he swam in the Yangtze river. He claimed to have swam 9 miles in a little over an hour. Although ridiculous, it captured the attention of the country, particularly the youth. ]]> 2022-03-05 20:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079415978 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079425042 Known to most as the end of the Cultural Revolution]]> 2022-03-05 20:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079425042 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079426896 Mao encouraged his followers to get rid of "The Four Olds": Old Culture, Old Ideology, Old Customs, and Old Traditions. This resulted in a devastating erasure of Chinese history. ]]> 2022-03-05 20:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079426896 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079430440 Mao's followers gained power by conducting struggle sessions in which they would arrest a supposed traitor and then force that person to stand in front of a large audience who would verbally (and sometimes physically) assault the alleged traitor. ]]> 2022-03-05 20:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079430440 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079433974 2022-03-05 20:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079433974 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079437328 2022-03-05 20:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079437328 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079440226 2022-03-05 20:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079440226 wycoffk https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079442862 2022-03-05 20:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wycoffk/Bookmarks/wish/2079442862