1. How successful were Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms?

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Lesson Objectives
​To identify and evaluate the successes and failures of Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms

​Lesson Task
1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
2. Create a table to research and evaluate the successes and failures of Deng Xiaoping's reforms. Refer to the readings in the 'Challenge Yourself!' section for help in researching.

Challenge Yourself!
1. Hsu - Deng Xiaoping and China's New Order p. 775-782
2. Hsu - Four Modernisations p. 803-814
3. Hsu - Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics p. 841-826 and p. 863-869​​ 
4. ​Fairbank, J.K. & Goldman, M, (2006). China: A New History - p. 406-420
5. Spence, J.D. (1990). The Search for Modern China -  p. 653-659, 673-682, 696-704
6. Lynch, M. (2010). Access to History: The People's Republic of China 1949-76 - p. 155-163
7. Meisner, M. (1999). Mao's China and After - p. 449-477
8. Chi-Kwan, M. (2011). China and the World since 1945 - p. 96-107
9. Detailed revision notes for the Four Modernisations.
10. Summary notes for the Four Modernisations.
11. Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee from December 1978.​​​​​​​​​​​​

Policy Areas	Aims	Actual Policies	Successes	Failures
1. Agriculture
2. Industry
3. Education, Science and Technology
4. Military Defence
Other Political and Foreign Policy Developments
Other Economic Developments

2. Why wasn't there a 'fifth modernisation' in China?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify the key features of the democracy movement and to examine why political modernisation failed to develop

​Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​​
2. Read 'Uphold the Four Basic Principles' by Deng Xiaoping and answer questions 1-4.
3. Read 'Fifth Modernisation' by Wei Jingsheng and answer questions 1-5.
4. Read 'The Present Situation and the Task Before Us' by Deng Xiaoping and answer questions 1, 2 and 4.
5. Read 'The Social Responsibilities of Today's Intellectuals' by Fang Lizhi and answer questions 1-4.
6. Read 'Bourgeois and Socialist Democracies Compared' by the People's Daily and answer questions 1-3.
7. Finally, read 'May 13 Hunger Strike Declaration' and answer questions 1-3.

Challenge Yourself! Recommended Readings for Note Taking

1. Spence, J.D. (1990). The Search for Modern China. New York: W.W. Norton & Company
   1. Chapter 23, pages 659-666 - The Democracy Wall Protests and 'Fifth Modernisation'
   2. Chapter 25, pages 719-727 - University Protests 1985-87
   3. Chapter 25, pages 738-747 - Tiananmen Square 1989 Protests
2. Meisner, M. (1996). The Deng Xiaoping Era: An Inquiry into the Fate of Chinese Socialism, 1978-1994. New York: Hill & Wang
   1. Chapters 12-14 - The Democracy Movement 1986-1989
3. Fairbank, J.K. (1999). China: A New History. London: Belknap Press
   1. Chapter 21, pages 419-427 - Political Reforms under Deng Xiaoping
4. Interview at Tiananmen Square with Chai Ling, a student protester.​
5. The 9th June 1989 speech by Deng Xiaoping, giving his reasons for the protests and government actions.
6. Full speech, 'Uphold the Four Cardinal Principles' by Deng Xiaoping, March 30th 1979
7. Full essay, 'The Fifth Modernisation' by Wei Jingsheng, 1979