CWP 14.4 China exam with correct answers 2024

Chiang Kai-shek - answer-A Chinese soldier and statesman who was the head of the Nationalist government from 1928 until 1949. () Mao Zedong - answer-He led China's communist revolution in 1949 against Chiang Kai-Shek and the Nationalist Government. Under his rule, he instituted a series of Five Year Plans and pursued the so-called Cultural Revolution. He was chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959 and chairman of the Communist Party until his death. () Cultural Revolution - answer-An effort launched by Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in power () to renew the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. Young and dedicated Red Guards attacked and bullied intellectuals, and those that lacked revolutionary fervor. Some were sent to work farms to be re-educated. The havoc it created caused Mao to abandon it. Deng Xiaoping - answer-The Chinese communist leader who was the most powerful figure in the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death. He attempted to incorporate elements of the free-enterprise system into the Chinese economy. The demonstrations at Tienanmen Square occurred during his time in power. () Xi Jinping - answer-The president since 2013. The Communist Party - at Xi's suggestion (he is the party's general secretary) - dropped the two-term limit on presidents in 2018. Xi was subsequently re-elected in 2018 to a second five-year term. Xi has fought corruption in China, but has also exerted such power that he is considered by some to be dictator. (1953- )