IB History Section 14: the People’s Republic of China Questionbank

Evaluate the extent to which economic liberalisation under Deng Xiaoping from 1978 to 1992 depended on political continuity rather than political reform.

To what extent did China’s involvement in the Korean War strengthen the consolidation of Communist rule from 1950 to 1953?

Discuss the extent to which ideological conviction, rather than economic and administrative considerations, explains the launch of the Great Leap Forward in 1958.

Evaluate the importance of the Sino Soviet split in explaining China’s decision to improve relations with the United States between 1969 and 1972.

Discuss how far the arrest of the Gang of Four explains the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976.