SAQ Chinese Revolution

1. Japan was ready for power as soon as WWI was over because they were a lot more industrialized and had a stable government. They had a very strong and well trained army. Thus, they were able to conquer several countries during WWI. This allowed the Japanese to move into Manchuria because they had gained a lot of confidence from WWI. Since Japan lacked natural resources, they needed to move into other countries and Manchuria appeared to be the ideal place to conquer. Since Manchuria belonged to China at the time and China was a weak country at the time, they invaded Manchuria and took over.

2. Communism was appealing to those in China, it was a new kind of government that would help the country prosper. The peasants thought that this government would change their lives for the better. “The Long March” was a march that stretched over 1,000 miles, it revealed that the communists were devoted to the people of China. Mao capitalized this by using this to gain support, and overthrew any possible competition to power, and thus established communism as the government of China.

3. I think that Mao called this the “Cultural Revolution” because he wanted this period to be a period of cultural change. He wanted the youth of China to obey his orders and to ignore the orders of their teachers and government officials. This event could be compared to the Nazi’s rise to power in Germany. Hitler aimed his propaganda campaign towards the youth of Germany, he even commanded them to disobey their teachers and burn books.