Building the communist state 1949–66, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution 1966–76

What this note covers

1. Consolidating Communist rule, 1949–52
2. The First Five-Year Plan and agricultural collectivisation
3. The Hundred Flowers and Anti-Rightist Campaigns
4. The Great Leap Forward: aims and methods
5. Consequences: the Great Famine and the Lushan Conference
6. Causes and launch of the Cultural Revolution
7. Impact and course of the Cultural Revolution, 1966–76
8. Examining this topic in the WACE paper

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