Effects of the Chinese Civil War (HW 5)

Political

• 1949 - Nationalists form a government in Taiwan (still exists today)
• 1949 - People's Republic of China (PRC) was formed (inherited the corruption left behind by the Nationalists)
• China becomes a single party state
• PRC forms an alliance with USSR during the Cold War, is immediately isolated by the West (Treaty of Mutual Aid & Assistance- 1950, USSR gives China advisors and credits)
• Fear and suspicion from USA + West about the spread of communism (1945-1991, United States opposes expansion of communism in Asia, containment policy)
• Wars in Korea (1950-1952) and Vietnam (1965-1975)
• Mao Zedong becomes the leader of the PRC (1949-1976)
  
• The PLA is put to work rebuilding China/infrastructure (a method Mao uses to unite China)

Economic

• Infrastructure (bridges, railways, dams, canals, farms) was destroyed
• Food shortages
• Inflation
• High unemployment
• June 1950 Land Reform Law (Mao's domestic policy)

Social

• Land reform
• Collectivization
• Peasants Associations
  
• People who opposed the Communists were labeled as "reactionaries" and treated very strictly by the government
• Equality given to women
• Free speech/political rights taken away from reactionaries/nationalists
• Strikes (1945-49)