The Peoples Republic of China

I. The Chinese Civil War, Part II

A. Efforts for peace, 1945-1946

accepting the Japanese surrender [Sept. 12]

George C. Marshall and the two China policy

why Mao agreed and Chiang didn't

B. The progress of the war

Nationalist victories: July 1946-July 1947

the CCP push to the sea

Liberation, Oct. 1, 1949

C. Why did Mao win?

guerrilla tactics

base areas and the peasants

encircling the cities

the CCP and the Chinese capitalists

D. Why did Chiang lose?

the Cold War and American support

Mme. Chiang Kai-shek and the Luce press

the China Hands and Sen. McCarthy

agrarian reformers

a better base army

support of the people

who lost China?

small class basis

taxation and the capitalists

intellectuals and the Nanking experience

the Nationalist army

conscription techniques

corruption and starvation

atrocities and national support

II. Aftermath

A. Hong Kong and the refugee question

B. Taiwan: The Republic of China

tributary, colony and nation

the Taiwanese revolt, 1947

Taiwanese, Ming Chinese and Nationalists

US aid: another showplace of democracy

U.N. seat until 1971

C. Sino-Soviet relations

WWII and the looting of Manchuria

Soviet support for Chiang

Sino-Soviet Pact, Feb. 14, 1950

Sino-Soviet split, 1960s

D. Early reforms in the PRC

land reforms

land to the tillers

burning the title deeds [and the landlord?]

villages as collectives

nationalization of industries

capitalists as managers

the iron ricebowl

marriage reform

the last of footbinding

ban on forced marriages

divorce

problems with enforcement

propaganda and theater