what were the effects of Chinese revolution
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EFFECTS OF CHINESE REVOLUTION
Causes & Effects & Analysisof the Chinese Revolution
Analysis
Biak Tial
The Chinese society was hierarchical and the upper classes enjoyed higher standards of living and peasant poverty increased as a series of droughts and bad harvests occurred in the the 1930s resulting in famines. Aid from America was given to the officials due to the corruption of the KMT administration. The administration also paid for wars by printing extra money which resulted in an inflation. As Chiang attempted in reorganizing China, the Japanese annexed Manchuria and in 1932 attacked Shanghai and seized Jehol. Until 1937, Chiang was able to keep a truce between the Japanese until Japan gave full scale efforts in conquering China. Although by this time, half of China had fallen to the Japanese, they were able to stabilise the lines from 1938-1945. The Chinese were treated poorly and during the war and the Communists maintained a series of truces with the Japanese.
The origins of the revolution were rooted in Marxist beliefs. Mao and the Communist Party wanted to create equal status among the people, eliminating the bourgeoisie. They wanted to increase industry and make that the focus of the economy. The revolutionary process began after they defeated the KMT and Nationalists. Russia supported the Communists while the United States supported the Nationalists, but they did not have large effects on the war. The Cultural Revolution encouraged Maoists beliefs of equality between the classes. The Red Guards supported Mao and a personality cult grew around Mao as well. The objectives of the Revolution were not met as the Great Leap failed (mentioned in Timeline below) to create an industrialized economy. Classes remained and failed to establish communes.
Effects
The Chinese Revolution of 1949 was caused by an effort by the Soviets to expand communism. Prior to the Revolution, China had been under Manchu rule, and due to the resistance to adopting foreign innovations, the Chinese lost many of the qualities that made them Chinese. To an extent, the Manchu rulers were more Chinese than the Chinese. Because of this rule, China was unable to modernise itself. Chinese economy was dominated by agriculture and crafts were practiced with primitive and outdated techniques. Heavy revenue burdens were imposed on the peasants who worked.
Causes
The process of modernisation began in 1911 when the Manchu emperor was overthrown by followers of Sun-yat-sen. He wanted to build a modern, unified and prosperous China and forged cooperative alliance with the Communist party for this purpose.However, after Sun-yat-sen’s death in 1924, the empire broke up into small states under the rule of warlords who were usually previous army generals. Under rule of the warlords, taxes were being demanded in advance and led families to poverty. They controlled a larger part of the nationalist government that was established previousl
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