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Current Events From Chinese Newspapers (in English)
Xinhua News and China Daily are newspapers run by the Chinese government
China Daily - Tibet Marks 60th Anniversary of liberation
China Daily - One in three Beijingers a migrant worker
Xinhuanet - Path out of Poverty: Massive Relocation
China Daily - Indie Rock in China
NY Times
China admits Problems with Three-Gorges Dam
Central China Hit by Wide-Scale Drought
Jasmine Becomes Contraband in China

China Daily - Indie Rock in China
NY Times
Central China Hit by Wide-Scale Drought
Jasmine Becomes Contraband in China
The Times are Changing - Dylan in China

Dissident Artist in China Arrested
NPR News
Detained Artist Ai Weiwei's Exhibits
NPR - Female Imams Blaze Trail
NPR -Cactus Walking on 20 Legs Found in China

Han Han - The Bloom of Youth
Current Events From Chinese Newspapers (in English)
Xinhua News is the State News service fromand China Daily are newspapers run by the Chinese government
China Daily - One in three Beijingers a migrant worker
Xinhuanet - Path out of Poverty: Massive Relocation
China Daily - China Leads the World in Green Tech

China Daily - Indie Rock in China
NY Times
Jasmine Becomes Contraband in China
The Times are Changing - Dylan in China
China Detains Worshipers Over Protest

Xinhuanet - Path out of Poverty: Massive Relocation
China Daily - China Leads the World in Green Tech
China Daily - McDonald's in China
Xinhuanet - China mourns dead, year after earthquake in Tibetan town
Xinhuanet - Experts urge U.S. to stop acting as preacher of human rights

Current Events From Chinese Newspapers (in English)
Xinhua News is the State News service from China
Xinhuanet - Path out of Poverty: Massive Relocation
China Daily - China Leads the World in Green Tech
China Daily - McDonald's in China
Xinhuanet - China mourns dead, year after earthquake in Tibetan town

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Communist China under Mao: The Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)
Vocabulary
Rightist:
Proletarian:
Video 7
0-3:20
All of Video 5 and Video 6 from beginning to 3:40
1. What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?
2. What was the method to reach these goals?
6. How did they try to increase the grain output in farming?
7. How and why did communes and farmers inflate how much they were producing?
to 6:30 - Watch to end of 6, start on 7
8. What impact did production goals have on peasants?
9. How many years of famine were there?
11. How many are estimated to have died of hunger?
12. What caused the famine?
End at 3:20