HIST 2752H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wang Hongwen, Lin Biao, New Marriage Law
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Since 1971 the prc owns the un seat, legiimate government recognized. Power structure of the ccp: central commitee (few dozen people depends on the ime period, politburo (dozen+ members, standing commitee of the politburo (top leaders- around 6) Zhu de (commander of the red army, peoples liberaion army) Lin biao: parallel party and government hierarchy. Peoples liberaion army answered to the communist party, not the government: mao had held all the important posiions with the standing commitee (president unil. First period (1949-1951) focus on consolidaing and rehabilitaing the society: fix the damages caused by the wars, market economy coninued to operate, people sill owned their private things. Required less force compared to the soviet, but violence was sill used. Mass line resulted in only 1/3 compliance. 1953 the state took control of the grain market, had to sell their grain surplus to the state, no other choice: let them with no control over price.