AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Transformation of China, 1936-1997 June 2025 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 political developments in China in the years 1956/57.

‘Popular support was more important than military factors in bringing about the Communist victory in the Civil War by 1949.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did the Chinese people benefit from the social policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the years 1962 to 1966?

‘Deng Xiaoping transformed agriculture and industry in the years 1978 to 1984.’

Assess the validity of this view.