AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Transformation of China, 1936-1997 June 2019 question paper 7042/2P

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party established control of China in the years 1949 to 1952.

To what extent was there stability in China, under the Guomindang (GMD) in 1936?

To what extent did government policies, in the years 1962 to 1966, transform the Chinese economy?

‘In the years 1966 to 1976, the most significant impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese society was its effect on young people.’

Assess the validity of this view.