Mao's China, 1949-76: Social and Cultural Changes, 1949-76

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Which article of the Common Program gave women equal rights to men?
Article 6
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What legal action did the CCP take with regards to women?
Marriage Law 1950; abolished foot binding, concubinage, polygamy
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What was in the marriage law 1950?
Outlawed arranged marriage/bride price etc; all marriages registered; women equal status in ownership of property
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Where was the marriage law largely resisted?
Xinjiang-Muslim; countryside
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Did collectivisation have a positive or negative impact on women?
Negative
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Why was the impact of collectivisation on women largely negative?
Lost land they'd prev. won; couldn't secure as many work points; famine=prostitution and wife-selling
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How did collectives and the CR affect women and the family?
Disorientated them as attacked; family was an 'old'; women were only women if taking up MALE roles i.e Red Guard/Heavy Industry
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What held back women's change?
Trad. attitudes-largely in countryside and Muslim areas: But party failed to have more women in high roles also
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What was the literacy rate in 1949 and 1976?
1949=20% 1976=70%
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What factors held back education?
Lack of spending (6.4% of budget in 1952)- Korean War; Cultural Revolution; 'Key Schools' attracted best/party officals children
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What was the standardised form of Mandarin called which eased the learning process of Chinese?
Pinyin
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How did the CR affect education in the PRC?
Halted it between 1966-69
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How many children stopped attEnding school due to the CR?
130 million
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What did the CR do to education?
Undermined it; hard to restore confidence in it for the future; increasingly politicised
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Which figure shows failures in education policy?
1982= 1% of chinese had attended university; proper gains had been squandered by the CR
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What were the life expectancy figures between 1949-76?
1949-35 1976- 65
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What were 'Patriotic Health Movements'?
Campaigns to teach peasnts the link between dit and disease- help peasants drain swamps etc
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Where could you find better access to healthcare?
Industrial towns
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Were healthcare policies overall a success?
yes
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What did Mao believe regarding culture?
Should serve as identity of the nation; ni China was communist should be proletarian
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When did the cultural destruction really start?
1966- Cultural Revolution
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Who did Mao put in charge of changnig china's culture?
Jiang Qing- Mao's wife
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What did Jiang Qing do to culture?
Destroy it; strict censorship of any culture/art/film
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What was the name of a film comissioned by Jiang Qing which embodies this period of culture?
'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'
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Quote of historian on chinese culture in 1970s?
Became an 'artistic wasteland'
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How was religion treated?
Badly- All faiths attacked under Mao
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What were the names of churches allowed under Mao?
Patriotic churches
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