ACTUAL 2025 AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Question
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From a speech to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by Lu Dingyi,
May 1956. Lu Dingyi was the director of Mao’s Propaganda Department.
Source A cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions Source A shows
Mao’s motivations for launching the Hundred Flowers Campaign.
Source B
From a criticism published in the ‘Shenyang Daily’ newspaper, by Chang Po-Sheng, June 1957. Chang
was a university professor and head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Youth
League.
Source B cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions Source B shows
why Mao changed the course of the Hundred Flowers campaign and
launched the Anti-Rightist campaign.
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Source C
From a memoir, ‘No Wall Too High’, by Xu Hongci, published in Britain, 2008. A former
Communist Youth League member, Xu was imprisoned in labour camps but escaped to
Mongolia.
Source C cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source C shows the impact of the Anti-Rightist campaign on its victims.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess
the value of these three sources to an historian studying political developments in China in
the years 1956/57.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
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Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) Friday 6 June 2025 [VERIFIED]
IB/G/Jun25/G4005/E6 7042/2P
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From a speech to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by Lu Dingyi,
May 1956. Lu Dingyi was the director of Mao’s Propaganda Department.
Source A cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions Source A shows
Mao’s motivations for launching the Hundred Flowers Campaign.
Source B
From a criticism published in the ‘Shenyang Daily’ newspaper, by Chang Po-Sheng, June 1957. Chang
was a university professor and head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Youth
League.
Source B cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions Source B shows
why Mao changed the course of the Hundred Flowers campaign and
launched the Anti-Rightist campaign.
IB/G/Jun25/7042/2P
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Source C
From a memoir, ‘No Wall Too High’, by Xu Hongci, published in Britain, 2008. A former
Communist Youth League member, Xu was imprisoned in labour camps but escaped to
Mongolia.
Source C cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
Source C shows the impact of the Anti-Rightist campaign on its victims.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess
the value of these three sources to an historian studying political developments in China in
the years 1956/57.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
IB/G/Jun25/7042/2P Turn over ►
