1962-1966 Power Struggle
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• Causes
• With the failure of the great leap forward, mao's reputation and standing in the party was damaged.
• In 1962 President Liu Shaoqui and General Secretary Deng Xiaoping were invited to take over and correct the damage.
• Their Solution
• Restoration of capitalist system
• Admission that communism had failed
• Mao worried about their threat within the party
• Regretted giving up Chairmanship in 1958
• Regretted making less public appearances after 1958
• Wu Han Crackdown
• Play set in early dynasty
• Called The dismissal of Hai Rai from office
• Story about a courageous government official and his defiance of a corrupt dictator
• Solution
• Compiled little red book
• Politicised army
• Prescribed for every school and curriculum.
• Slogan "Learn from the PLA"
• Necessary to have it with you all the time
• 1963 Diary of Lei Feng
• Truck driver
• Socialist Martyr
• Fabricated
• Jiang Qing urges action against opponents

Other Notes in this Category

1. 1949 Immediate Actions
2. 1949-1952 Consolidation
3. 1953-7 First Five Year Plan
4. 1957 Hundred Flower's Campaign
5. 1958-1962 Great Leap Forward
6. 1962-1966 Power Struggle
7. 1966-70 Cultural Revolution

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