OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Period study with non-British depth study: International relations 1918-2001 + China 1950-1981: the people and the state November 2021 question paper J410/01

Describe one example of a government policy between 1950 and 1965 that changed traditional

Chinese society.

Explain why Deng Xiaoping introduced reforms aimed at women and young people between

1976 and 1981.

Explain the consequences of the Great Leap Forward in China between 1958 and 1965.

Study Source A. Why was this poster published by the Chinese government in 1976?

Study Source B. Explain how this source is useful to a historian studying China between

1976 and 1981.

Source B

What is democracy? True democracy means placing all power in the hands of the people. The citizens of Europe and the United States have this type of democracy and nobody interferes with their rights. In China, however, if a person even criticises Mao Zedong, who is already dead, the prison gates and brutal treatment await them. If we compare our system with the system in Europe and the United States, the difference is as clear as night and day.

An extract from a poster written on a long wall in Beijing by a Chinese human rights activist called Wei Jingsheng, in December 1978.

5* ‘Mao Zedong’s personality cult was the most important method of control in China between 1966 and 1976.’

How far do you agree?