AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/2P Component 2P The Transformation of China| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME/ [MERGED] Marking scheme June 2023, 1936–1997 Version: 1.0 Final

AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/2P Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E2 7042/2P A-level HISTORY Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Friday 9 June 2023 Afternoon 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/Jun23/7042/2P Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From an interview with Jing Shenghong, an eminent Chinese historian, in China, in 2006. Jing describes events at Nanjing University on 3 June 1966, where he had been a student. Several professors were criticised at first. Among them was Professor Lin from the Philosophy department, Professor Hu from the Chinese Literature department and Professor Su from the Foreign Language department. All these professors were in their thirties. It was believed they were the masterminds of a poster campaign criticising the authority of the Party. After criticising the professors, the students started to criticise other groups. That was the first time I participated in such a session. If someone was selected as a target, all others were mobilised to attac