Analysis of sources on the Gang of Four in China.

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Yasmine Owaynat

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9. A. In Source A, the significance of the demonstration at Tiananmen Square was when:

  1. When Zhou Enlai died in January 1976, he became a greater symbol of resistance to radical policies than he had ever been in his life.
  2. Public demonstrations in honor of Zhou’s memory was seen
  3. The radicals blamed Den Xiaoping for the riot and they removed the wreaths

9. B. In source C, a picture of young children is displayed as they have the picture of the Gang of Four on the floor and they are brutally enjoying the thought of their destruction in the game of “smash the Gang of Four” a propagandist game coming from the Chinese. Deng was against Mao’s ideology and he wanted to indoctrinate the people of china making them believe that the Gang of Four were their enemies.

10.  

  1. Both sources D and E demonstrate the threat that the Gang of Four had on China as they killed many and brought the “Chinese economy to the brink of collapse”.
  2. Both sources D and E mention the security of China
  3. Source E is specified with dates, while source D is not
  4. In source D, the fact that the Gang of Four caused great damage to the Chinese economy was stated, however, in source E the results of their sabotage was emphasized on, as the number of those who were persecuted and killed was stated.
  5. In source E, I was stated that Deng Xiaoping had gained the upper hand as the campaign unfolded; however, in source D opponents of the Gang of Four were not shown to have the upper hand at all.
  6. In source D, a quote stated by the Gang of Four is present, while in source E no such proof is present
  7. In source D, the fact that the type of dictatorship that the Chinese followed was mentioned, however, in source E the type of dictatorship they followed was not mentioned.
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11. A historian studying the defeat of the Gang of Four and re-emergence of Deng Xiaoping would value Source A, an extract taken from Modern China by Edwin E Moise, London, 1994, as it was published in London, at the end of the 20th century when London had no interest in publishing anything bad about China, instead they were objective towards them, this makes the source a reliable one. This source also includes the fact that the Gang of Four went weak after the death of Mao in 1976, however, they wouldn’t benefit that much since the source did not ...

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