AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Transformation of China, 1936-1997 June 2023 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 beginnings of the Cultural Revolution.

‘The CCP’s successful consolidation of power in China, in the years 1949 to 1952, was due to its policy of land reform.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The most significant impact of the Great Leap Forward on China, in the years 1958 to 1962, was economic.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Deng Xiaoping’s policies, in the years 1978 to 1986, benefit the Chinese people?