Economic+Causes

 Outline the ECONOMIC causes of the Tiananmen Square massacre here. EMILY, MADDIE

//" // To get rich is glorious //" //  – //Deng Xiao Ping //

//**Lon **////**g **// //**Term problems ****: **//
 * //The Great Leap Forward //  from 1958 to 1961 **


 * aimed to use Chinas vast population to change it from an agrarian economy into a modern communist economy
 * This was done through agriculture and industrialisation
 * Rural China was forced to do mandatory govt agriculture, or iron production
 * Many farmers did not how to do iorn production and burnt their own tools to meet requriements
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Food rationing was introduced and this triggered a wide spread of famine with more then 20 million deaths
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overall it is considered a failure

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Corruption: //
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even though it was a communist country, there was still unfair spread of wealth
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many goverentment gained more money then others
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bribing and corruption was common to join the communist party


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mid Term Problems: **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Four Modernizations: the modernization of agriculture, industry, science and technology, as well as the military
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">China tried to get better trade with Japan for machinery and capalists countries companies were encouraged to trade with
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Party leadership corruption was imminent, and the public was getting more and more frustrated, claiming that the powerful were only getting more powerful.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Due to inflation of up to 28%, the government was forced to give the Chinese peasants IOUs instead of cash for grains.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Deng Xiao Ping’s famed expression, “To get rich is glorious.”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Decollectivization shifted farming from using traditional methods to family practises, bringing greater income.

**Short Term Effects**

1988- economy out of control particularly effecting students Economy was spiraling Beijing – food shortages, Beijing depended on food to be brought from outside and trucks could not get through due to streets filled with debris from burned vehicles and crushed barricades which took days to clear.
 * student strikes in China threatened to have serious effects on the economy.
 * Foreign loans to China were frozen as countries such as united states, france, britian and Australia were horrified by the massacre