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In the late 1940s, communism made advances in East Asia. With their victory in China in 1949, communists gained control of ONE FIFTH of the world's people.

By the end of WWII, the Chinese Commuinsts, led by MAO ZEDONG had gained control of much of northern China.

Mao led a communist revolution in China against the nationalists and won. The reasons for his victory are:

1. HE GAINED SUPPORT FROM THE PEASANT POPULATION

2. THE NATIONALISTS HAD BROUGHT ABOUT ECONOMIC HARDHIPS

3. CONTROLED RAIL-WAYS AND CAPTURED NATIONALSIST CITIES

Mao's made some major changes in Chinese Society:

1. He discouraged the practice of BUDDHISM, CONFUCIANISM, and OTHER TRADITIONAL CHINESE BELIEFES.

2. Called for collectivism.

Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)

It was Mao's program to urge people to make a superhuman effort to increase farm and industrial output. To do this he created communes. Howerver this FAILED and led to famine.

Cultural Revolution (1966)

Mao launched this with the goal to purge China of "bourgeois" tendencies. He brought this upon the TEENAGE generation.

Although Stalin had helped Mao gain power in China, DISTRUST between the two caused them to "split."

The United States saw the "split" as an OPPURTUNITY TO ISOLATE THE SOVIET UNION. It was stategic for the U.S.

Prior Chinese leader, Jiang Jieshi's, and the Nationalists that fled China set-up a dictatorship in TAIWAN.

North Korea was led by a COMMUNIST DICTATOR: KIM IL SUNG

South Korea was led by an UNCOMMUNIST LEADER: SYNGMAN RHEE

With the help of the U.N., South Korea was able to advance to north to the Yalu River, along the Chinese Border

The U.S. advance alarmed Mao and led him to send hundreds of thousands of troops to help communist North Korea.

With Chinese help, North Korea was able to push back along the 38th Parallel and the war then resulted into a STALEMATE.

After the war, South Korea PROSPERED while North Korea remained isolated and poor. The North remained communist and the South became a democracy

Communism Spreads in East Asia

The nation of Korea occupies a penninsula on China's northwestern border

The North and South were divided by the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII (Like Berlin!). The divider, temporarily, was the 38TH PARALLEL of lattitude.

Communism in China

The Korean War

He set up a COMMUNIST ONE-PARTY TOTALITARIAN STATE: The People's Republic of China

North Korea attacked the South in early 1950 in an attempt to reunite Korea. Their advance wasn't stopped until THE UNITED NATIONS helped the South and stopped the advance at the Pusan Perimeter

Section 3

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