EAS105H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Backyard Furnace, Mass Mobilization, Deng Xiaoping
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Problems faced by mao and the communists in 1949. Phase 1 - soviet model of agricultural reform (1950) 2 million landlords killed in the mass resentment. Co-operatives and unions were formed to aid peasants. Redistribution of land from the rich to the middle/poor peasants. Phase 2 - chinese model of agricultural reform and co-operatives (1952-1953) Land, labour, and shared profits based on land ownership was introduced. 40% of peasants belong to apcs in 1953. Rash retreat: rich peasants abused and hired labour, controlled land. Local political parties attempted to create socialist apcs with shared land in. Mao pushed for further collectivization for apcs containing 200-300 households. Rash advance: disorganized collectives, mao slows down the rapid. Allowed opponents of the regime to speak out openly, denounce the ccp. Bring opponents and traitors of the regime into the open. Anti-rightist campaign of 1957 purged opponents for reform and re-
