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Section III (Personalities): Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China
Quick questions on Mao's foreign policy and the Sino-Soviet split: HSC Modern History Personality
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What is the lean to one side, 1949?Show answer
Mao's June 1949 essay "On the People's Democratic Dictatorship" (Lun renmin minzhu zhuanzheng) committed the PRC to "leaning to one side" (yibian dao) of the Soviet Union. The June essay foreclosed a Titoist or neutralist position before the proclamation of the PRC on 1 October 1949. Mao's December 1949 to February 1950 trip to Moscow produced the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance (14 February 1950), a 30-year alliance with a USD 300 million loan over five years and the 156 First Five-Year Plan capital projects.
What is sources of the split?Show answer
The split developed from 1956 to 1960 across several axes:
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is the Shanghai Communique (28 February 1972). Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain Mao's opening to the United States. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which Mao's foreign policy was driven by ideology rather than strategic calculation. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Lorenz Luthi and Margaret MacMillan on Mao's foreign policy. [10 marks]
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