China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900–89

Worked examples (9)

• 1Explaining two differences — the CCP in 1934 and in 1945
• 2Explaining two causes — the Long March
• 3The real June 2023 question — the Long March as key turning point
• 4Explaining two differences — how the GMD and the CCP fought the war with Japan
• 5Explaining two causes — the Xi'an Incident of December 1936
• 6A 16-mark significance judgement — the war with Japan and the rise of the CCP
• 7Explaining two differences — the military position in 1946 and in 1949
• 8Explaining two causes — the Guomindang's defeat in the civil war
• 9A 16-mark responsibility judgement — Guomindang failings and the communist victory

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4

Worked examples (9)

• 1Explaining two differences — China's government in 1900 and in 1928
• 2Explaining two causes — the 1911 Revolution
• 3A 16-mark turning-point judgement — the 1911 Revolution
• 4Explaining two differences — the Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party in 1924
• 5Explaining two causes — the First United Front of 1923–24
• 6A 16-mark most-significant-cause judgement — warlordism
• 7Explaining two differences — the CCP in 1921 and in 1934
• 8Explaining two causes — the Shanghai Massacres of April 1927
• 9A 16-mark responsibility judgement — foreign influence on political change in China

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4

Worked examples (9)

• 1The real June 2023 (a) — agriculture in 1949 and in 1963
• 2The real June 2023 (b) — causes of the three- and five-anti campaigns
• 3A 16-mark significance judgement — the Great Leap Forward
• 4Explaining two differences — the position of women in 1949 and in 1963
• 5Explaining two causes — the Hundred Flowers Campaign
• 6A 16-mark responsibility judgement — Soviet influence on China's development
• 7Explaining two differences — industry and agriculture under the First Five-Year Plan
• 8Explaining two causes — the famine of 1959–62
• 9A 16-mark turning-point judgement — Mao's leadership after 1957

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4

Worked examples (9)

• 1Explaining two differences — China in 1965 and in 1976
• 2Explaining two causes — the Cultural Revolution
• 3A 16-mark significance judgement — the Red Guards
• 4Explaining two differences — education before and during the Cultural Revolution
• 5Explaining two causes — the suppression of the Red Guards in 1968
• 6A 16-mark judgement — how far the Cultural Revolution strengthened Mao's position
• 7Explaining two differences — Chinese economic policy before and after the Sino-Soviet split
• 8Explaining two causes — the fall of Lin Biao
• 9The real June 2023 (c)(ii) — the one-child policy and daily lives

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4

Worked examples (9)

• 1Explaining two differences — Chinese agriculture in 1976 and in 1989
• 2Explaining two causes — the fall of the Gang of Four
• 3A 16-mark significance judgement — Deng's economic reforms
• 4Explaining two differences — education under Mao and Under Deng
• 5Explaining two causes — the Democracy Wall movement
• 6A 16-mark turning-point judgement — Tiananmen Square, 1989
• 7Explaining two differences — Democracy Wall and the protests of 1989
• 8Explaining two causes — the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
• 9The real June 2023 (c)(ii) — the one-child policy and daily lives

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (a) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (b) style — B4
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section B part (c) style — B4