| Term | Definition |
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Moderates |
People who were against the CCP |
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Radicals |
The CCP |
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Deng Xiaoping |
Leader of the moderates |
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Mao's Goals for the Cultural Revolution |
To make China communist, to get no one to doubt him, to get everyone to listen to him |
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Victims of the Cultural Revolution |
The lost generation, all the people who died, all the people who got hurt 9 bad categories |
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Quota System |
1/3 of people in a village had to be counterrevolutionaries, so when people couldn't find any they accused their enemies |
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Nine Bad Categories |
1. renegades 2. capitalists 3. rightists 4. bad element 5. counterrevolutionaries 6. spies 7. landlords 8. rich peasants 9. intellectuals |
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The second lost generation |
Mao taught the kids about his sayings, not real school work, so they didn't know anything |
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Lin Biao |
Mao's right hand guy. He criticized Mao, and Mao said that he died in a plane crash but Mao probably assasinated him |
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Six Points of Public Security |
1. people who oppose Mao 2. bad leaders of CCP 3. hidden counterrevolutionaries 4. criminals 5. 4 bad types |
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"Black Hand" |
bad leaders of the CCP |
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Hidden Counterrevolutionaries |
Spies |
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Four Bad Types |
1. landlords 2. rich peasants 3. intellectuals 4. rightists |
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Cleansing of Class Ranks |
Class rank is your job, Mao had high gov't officials rat out the lower gov't officials. "Ferret out enemies of the CCP" |
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One hit, three anti |
the gov't found one counterrevolutionary, and said lenience to those who confess, severity to those who resist, so if u turn in yourself and three others you get off the hook |
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Cultural Revolution Propaganda |
Propaganda was like false advertising. They said that Mao would fix everything, but almost all propaganda was false. |
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China/US Relations |
US says China is powerful, so we go do Ping Pong diplomacy, and open up China. We trade with them, and give them full diplomatic recognition. Nixon does this. |
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One China |
Nixon says "One China" if we help Red China, then we help Taiwan, but Red China doesn't like that |
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President Nixon |
Nixon opened up China |
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"Down With Imperialism" |
This is one of the English phrases that Ji-Li learns in English class. They don't learn grammer, just phrases. |
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Uncle Fan |
One of Father's friends who was detained. |
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Teacher Zhang |
Ji-Li's teacher, who is teaching about stuff like growing crops, that he knows nothing about. |
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foreign radio |
Radio that is foreign. It gives different ideas, so Mao had it banned. |
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Uncle Zhu |
One of father's friends who was detained. He confessed to listening to foreign radio when he really didn't. |
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Workers Revolt |
When people revolted. |
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The Incriminating Letter |
A letter that Ji-Li's family wrote complaining about the torture situation at the theater. It is proof that the Jiangs are an evil landlord family. |