The Chinese Revolution
- Date
1990
- Summary
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Documents the political history of China from the Revolution in 1949 to the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Examines how Sun Ya's idealism came under Bolshevik guidance, the roles of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao, the Long March, the Japanese invasion of China, Mao's installation as Chairman of the People's Republic. Explores China's intervention in the Korean War, the ideological split between Beijing and Moscow, the occupation of Tibet, China's development and testing of nuclear bombs, Richard Nixon's visit, the Cultural Revolution, Mao's death, the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping, and the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- Publishers
Films for the Humanities (Firm); Visnews
- Subjects
Government, Law, Politics; Asian Studies; China; Government, Law, Politics; China Politics and government 1949-1976; China Politics and government 1976-2002; China History 1949-1976; China History 1976-2002
- Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
36 minutes; color
- Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090007; Fedora 2 PID: umd:1465; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/866; Catalog Key: alephsys003130745; OCLC: ocm24495978
Access Restrictions
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