HIST 2312 Lecture Notes - Spring 2018 Lecture 5 - Falun Gong, Mao Zedong
Document Summary
Professor dingxin zhao (university of chicago) shared his views on the role of collective actions in post-mao china. He proved that these actions brought the chinese economic liberty and helped them get rid of the ineffective canons of communism. Moreover, due to these actions the chinese created a progressive economic system that combines both the features of communism and capitalism. Before he started his lecture, he warned his students that such problems as religious conflicts, regional variations or ethnic conflicts would not be discussed. This way, professor dingxin zhao divided a post-mao era into three main stages. The active phase of the first stage (1976-1989) began soon after the death of mao zedong with the. Having started as a political action, this incident resulted in numerous clashes between the police and protesters. The professor shared with his students his emotions and feelings he got as an eyewitness.