HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
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A more favorable attitude toward a market economy existed under Deng than under Mao.
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Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong rejected Western capitalism
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Both Deng and Mao encouraged peaceful protest.
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Deng wanted greater government control of the economy than Mao did.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite political upheavals during the Mao era, China’s GNP grew an average of 6.2% annually over the period 1952–1978. Industrialization during the Mao era resulted in the significant accumulation of both physical and human capital, which laid the foundation for China’s successful reforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mao believed that the main source of state’s economic development was its agriculture sector, and it was this sector which would eventually bring changes in the lifestyle of the people. Moreover, Mao was of the view that centralized economic system would curb the injudicious distribution of economic resources.
Detailed explanation-3: -What effect did Mao’s policies have on economic growth? During the First Five-year plan (1953-1957) the industry grew 15% a year and the agricultural output grew slowly. During the Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) Chins suffered economic disaster–industrial declines and food shortages.
Detailed explanation-4: -CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of people’s communes. Mao decreed that efforts to multiply grain yields and bring industry to the countryside should be increased.