A-level HISTORY Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997

A-level HISTORY Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/2P. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B. 2 IB/M/Jun21/7042/2P Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From a telegram sent by Mao Zedong to Liu Shaoqi, 13 January 1950, during Mao’s visit to the USSR. To Comrade Shaoqi I agree that we should seize foreign military bases on our soil and force the United States to evacuate its embassy in China. We should immediately confiscate all American property left in Shanghai.