SYLLABUS OUTLINE (FOR STUDENTS) - Hwa Chong Institution

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• “The Hundred Flowers Campaign”
• Mass Movements (e.g. Red Guards) and Psychological Control
Part 3: Specific Case Study- The Great Leap Forward (1958) and the “Three
Hard Years (1959-1961)”
o Part 4: Specific Case Study- The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-
1969)
• Why did Mao Zedong launch the Cultural Revolution?
• What were the effects?
Suggested ACE for Theme 3:
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Write a book review of Mao: The Unknown Story co-written by Jung Chang and
Jon Halliday.
With clearly established common criterion, compare and contrast the rise of
Stalin and Mao Zedong.
With clearly established common criterion, compare and contrast the Great Leap
Forward and Second Five Year Plan of the USSR.
With clearly established common criterion, compare and contrast the People’s
Communes and the Collective Farms of the USSR.
Theme 4: China under Deng Xiaoping (1976-1997)
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Factors explaining the rise of Deng Xiaoping
Reforms reversing the Cultural Revolution
The Four Modernizations
The Thoughts of Deng Xiaoping
The Tiananmen Incident
Suggested ACE for Theme 4:
• Examine and asses the differing fortunes of communism in USSR and PRC.
References:
Fairbank, John K. and Merle, Goldman. (2006). China: A New History. Second enlarged edition. Harvard
University Press, London: England.
Gray, Jack. (1988). Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1800s to 1980s. Oxford University Press.
Hsu, Immanuel C.Y. (1975). The Rise of Modern China. Oxford University Press: Hong Kong.
Lowe, Norman. (2005). Mastering Modern World History. Fourth Edition. Palgrave, Macmillan.
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