https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon This educational Padlet explains how the Chinese government controlled the entire countries economy. This material has no legal position and can be used as long as credit is given. [Zachary Gerkin 17 03-06] en-us 2017-03-06 18:15:10 UTC 2025-02-16 11:18:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158123715 Mao had various goals he wanted to achieve while leading China. The three most important were, promised a better life for the poor. He also called to develop a stronger and more modern economy. He finally promised to restore China's position as a world superpower.]]> 2017-03-06 18:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158123715 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158124752 Mao's goals had major effects on China's economy and how the government controlled it. First off they had a lot of challenges to overcome. China had a very large population and a very small amount of land and resources that could be used for things like farming or factories. China's weather conditions did not help the economy grow as the results of certain storms can be deadly and costly. ]]> 2017-03-06 18:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158124752 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158127764 Agriculture and farming have always been a big topic as they deal with food. China's land was all privately owned, there fore the owners set production rates. Mao did not like the idea of that. He  took all of these existing farms and combined them to make bigger farms and turned them into, "Collective Farms" these farms were owned by the government and employed many citizens. There pay was a share of the crop the rest went to the government. Doing this allowed the government to control all aspects of farming thus controlling a large part of the economy. They could now control production rates, etc. This was China's first major step in becoming a command and government controlled economy.]]> 2017-03-06 18:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158127764 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158130725 As stated before this gave the government access to the food supply of the country and control over a large part of the Chinese economy. They controlled how much food people got, how much food was made, etc. This again was there first major step into a command and government controlled economy.]]> 2017-03-06 18:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158130725 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158132462 The Great Leap Forward was a action put into affect by Mao. This put the people of China into "Communes" they were groups of up to 20,000 working Chinese that were guaranteed a job. Most of witch were put into a different project. For example, Farming, Building, Infrastructure, etc. This turned out to be a excessively surprisingly large fail. The citizens did not put forth enough work as they knew no matter what worth effort/ethic they put in they would receive a job. They also took millions off of farming projects and placed them on secondary infrastructure projects, building schools, bridges, etc.]]> 2017-03-06 18:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158132462 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158135783 2017-03-06 18:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158135783 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158748619 Click To Enlarge Any Image]]> 2017-03-08 17:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158748619 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158749930 A very dictative Mao in one of China's older propaganda posters.]]> 2017-03-08 17:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158749930 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158751539 This is an image of very similar collective farms, in that time. ]]> 2017-03-08 17:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158751539 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158753734 This graph shows how China had a major economy fall during and after the Great Leap Forward. It took significant time for them to recover. (Click To Enlarge)]]> 2017-03-08 17:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158753734 zdg0918 https://padlet.com/zdg0918/ChinaEcon/wish/158755418 The following were/are all of the sources used to complete this Padlet.

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