Homework 5

Political Effect

Two new governments were set up as a result of the Chinese Civil war. Mao established the People's Republic of China which was communist. There was also the Republic of China, better known as Nationalist China, set up in Taiwan under the rule of Chaing Kai-Shek. The set up of the People's Republic of China did many things. First, it made China offiicially a single party state. Mao became China's ruler. And China became politically isolated in the west. However, an alliance was made with the USSR because both countries were communist.

Social Effects

A major effect of the CCW was the Land Reform and the Marriage Reform laws that followed the war. The Land Reform law set up a class system; social status was determined by Party Officials. This in turn led to class warfare because of the speak bittnerness campaign. Land was also redistibuted from rich to the poor, which in theory was a good idea, but ended poorly. Many families couldnt afford to tend to their own farms so they had to work together. The marriage law of 1950 made life better for women. It ended arranged marriages, created a minimum marriage age (20boys, 18girls), and made property a joint thing between couples.

Economic Effect

After the Chinese Civil war inflation became seriously out of control. Those who were previously employed by the communists to fight and work for the war lost their jobs and had none to go back to. The Land Reform Law in theory was supposed to help the economy, but didn't help it enough. Beause there were so little supplies after the war, families were not able to farm their land. Mutual Aid Teams were set up and houses worked together, sharing their equipment and their animals. This didn't allow families to make enough money to live.

Foreign Policy

When China became communist it lost it's standing in the west, except with the USSR, with whom they set up the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistence.
The US, during the war, stopped support the Nationalists, but after the war an alliance was made between Taiwan and the US. It was a long-term alliance that was never officially signed. It was set up because of the threat of the communists invading Taiwan. The US also set up an economic relationship with the PRC.