Impact of the Cultural Revolution (economic, social and political) (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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Purpose of May 7th Cadre Schools
Purpose of May 7th Cadre Schools
Re-education with works of Mao and Karl Marx
Number of CCP officials arrested (linked to Liu & Deng)
Number of CCP officials arrested (linked to Liu & Deng)
28,000
% of arrested CCP officials sent to labour camps
% of arrested CCP officials sent to labour camps
70%
Year Red Guards took over major Chinese cities
Year Red Guards took over major Chinese cities
1967
Official death toll of Cultural Revolution
Official death toll of Cultural Revolution
36,000 people
Historian estimate of Cultural Revolution deaths
Historian estimate of Cultural Revolution deaths
400,000 to 1.5 million
Year universities shut down by Red Guards
Year universities shut down by Red Guards
1966
Duration schools/universities closed
Duration schools/universities closed
Two years
Year Down to the Countryside Movement established
Year Down to the Countryside Movement established
1968
Zhishi qingnian definition
Zhishi qingnian definition
Educated youths sent to rural areas for re-education
Little Red Book
Little Red Book
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung
Primary schools increase in countryside by 1976
Primary schools increase in countryside by 1976
15-fold
Youth literacy rate by 1981
Youth literacy rate by 1981
91%
Industrial production decline in Cultural Revolution
Industrial production decline in Cultural Revolution
14%
Private farming % of Chinese countryside
Private farming % of Chinese countryside
5%