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The PRC 1949-1978 Paper 3: Challenge
The PRC 1949-1978 Paper 3: Challenge
Starting from day counts and property rights, the paper handles the famine, institutional damage, the Sino-Soviet split and the 1972 diplomatic turn.
Direct answers Answers and explanations for all ten questions
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 |
| Suggested time | 20 |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: DSE History The People’s Republic of China 1949-1978 |
| Level | Paper 3 (challenge) |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationHow many days from 1 October 1949 to the Third Plenum on 18 December 1978, and about how many years?
- FoundationThe general line for the transition was set in 1953 and socialist transformation was basically done by late 1956. How many days from 1 January 1953 to 31 December 1956?
- FoundationWhat is the fundamental difference between land reform and agricultural collectivisation in property terms?
- IntermediateWhich three kinds of factor should be used to analyse the food crisis of the Great Leap period, with one example each?
- IntermediateIn which three ways did the Cultural Revolution damage state institutions?
- IntermediateFrom the Soviet withdrawal of experts and cancellation of contracts in 1960 to the Zhenbao clash in 1969 is how many years, and how did Chinese diplomacy adjust?
- ChallengeWhat three conditions made the First Five-Year Plan work?
- ChallengeWhy is the long-term effect of the Anti-Rightist campaign seen as deeper than the immediate attacks?
- ChallengeWhat strategic background made Nixon’s 1972 visit possible? Give two points.
- Error redoError clinic: the claim that the Cultural Revolution was purely launched from above and the masses were passive. What does it miss?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10670 days, about 29.2 years | Those 29.2 years define the unit, and the plenum is usually taken as the start of reform and opening. |
| 2 | 1460 days, that is four years | Planned for three five-year plans, it took about four years, praised as speed but also rushed. |
| 3 | land reform made land peasant private property; collectivisation turned it into collective property with no individual title | One redistributed land, the other rebuilt ownership, and the two are often conflated. |
| 4 | policy (inflated reporting and over-requisitioning), natural (drought and flood), institutional (communal canteens and no correction mechanism) | Neither nature nor policy alone explains it; the three amplified each other. |
| 5 | party and government organs were paralysed, the police, procuratorate and courts were attacked, and the congress and consultative conference stopped working | Institutional rupture outlasts individual persecution because it destroys decision and correction mechanisms. |
| 6 | 9 years; from leaning to one side to opposing both hegemonies, and then contact with Washington in the 1970s | The broken alliance cut defence and industrial aid and forced Beijing to recalculate its main adversary. |
| 7 | Soviet-aided key projects and technology, a planning system that concentrated resources, and a low post-war base that made growth look fast | Without any one of them industrialisation would have been slower, but the same features skewed the structure. |
| 8 | it taught intellectuals and the democratic parties to stay silent, so decisions lost checks and correction, paving the way for the Great Leap | The short-term effect was on careers; the long-term effect was on speech and decision machinery. |
| 9 | Sino-Soviet border confrontation made Beijing want to balance the northern threat, while Washington wanted to end the Vietnam war and gain leverage in detente | Each side needed the other, which is why ping-pong diplomacy moved so quickly to a summit. |
| 10 | it misses factional mass struggle and grassroots agency, and also the elite split and the need to mobilise | Top-down calls and bottom-up action drove each other, and that is the fuller picture. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
In analysis questions, separate policy, nature and institutions, give one example each, and the structure takes care of itself.Tutor Registration →
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