In the time span of twenty-seven years, one person with one idea changed the future of China forever. Chairman Mao Zedong, head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) created a purgatory that ruined millions of lives from 1949 to 1976.
Thesis
Even though the purpose of Communism and the movements launched by Mao Zedong were to improve China's economy and abolish feudalism, the hasty time in which it was to be accomplished resulted in over thirty million deaths. It also created famine, destroyed the economy, and suppressed education. This catastrophe changed the course of China's future because it led to reforms which brought new thought processes and prosperity after 1976.
Amy Paskiewicz
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Junior Division
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Junior Division
Courtesy of Li Zhensheng
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Courtesy of the Telegraph
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Courtesy of Chinese Posters, Understanding Society and Chinese Culture
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東方紅- "The East is Red"