AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Transformation of China, 1936-1997 June 2022 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 Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989.

‘The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had firm control over China by 1949.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Mao’s motives for launching the Hundred Flowers Campaign in 1957 were to give Chinese intellectuals greater freedom to offer criticism.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Communist China’s international position become stronger in the years 1966 to 1976?