CHINA AFTER MAO: The Deng Xiaoping Revolution 1979-97

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CHINA AFTER MAO The Deng Xiaoping Revolution
1979-97

• The Abandonment of Maoism

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Significance of Deng Xiaoping

• KEY DATES DURING DENGS REIGN
• 1976 Gang of 4 Arrested
• 1976-78 Deng Returns to Prominence
• 1978 3rd Plenum Convenes
• 1979 Pro-Democracy Movement BeginsWei Jingsheng
  Arrested
• 1981 Sentencing of the Gang of 4
• 1986 Protests in Chinas Leading Universities
• 1989 Death of Hu Yaobang
• Mikhail Gorbachev visits China
• Pro-democracy demonstration crushed in Beijing
• 1997 Death of Deng Xiaoping

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Dengs Aims in Post-Mao China

• Deng Comes Back to Prominence by 1978
• Legacy is one of greatness in terms of leadership
• China Transformed Under Deng

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Dengs Victory After Maos Death

• Deng Victim of Cultural Revolution
• Dengs Strengths
• Long experience at the heart of Chinese politics
• Exceptional political skills
• Popularity within the CCP
• Support amongst leading party officials in the
  center and in the provinces
• Contacts with key military leaders
• Success in ending the famine in the 1960s
• Impressive economic planning record, worked with
  Zhou Enlai in drafting a program for national
  economic recovery
• International Experience, served as Enlais
  principal assistant from 1949-1976.

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The Third Plenum 1978 The PRCs Turning Point

• Third Party Plenum 1st Major Meeting Since Maos
  Death
• Plenum Passing Historic Resolutions CCP
  Reconciles with Past and Looks to Future
• Accepts Dengs Four Modernizations Plan
• Cultural Revolution Dead
• Deng Becomes Paramount Leader

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Dealing with Maos Legacy

• Dengs Great Success in the 1960s
• Realization that Maos Policies Were Bad for
  Country
• Aware of the Legacy of Mao. How to Move Forward?

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The Central Committee Resolution of 1981 70
Right, 30 Wrong?

• Deng Careful Not to Implicate Himself or Current
  Leaders
• Maos Reputation Subject to Drip Effect
• Party Resolution Comes to Terms with Maos Legacy
• Justification for new path

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The Trial of the Gang of Four 1980-81

• Trial Begins in 1980
• Way for Deng to Condemn Mao and Honor Him
• Gang of Four Charged for Deaths and Persecution

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Gang of Four Trial

• I was Maos bitch. Whoever he told me to bite, I
  bit.

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THE ABANDONMENT OF MAOISM
THE ABANDONMENT OF MAOISM
Failure and arrest of the Gang of Four
Deng Xiaoping outmanouvers opponents and comes to power 1976-78
The Third Plenum 1978 begins the destruction of Maos Legacy
Trial of the Gang of Four in 1981 marks the end of Maoism
The Central Committee resolution of 1981