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peasants having no land or small plots and to the landowners who has no land to earn their
living. This has led to the better condition of the Chinese families. Xiaomei financial
condition became better due to the introduction of the productive forces, increased
productivity of the agriculture, which in turn introduced industrialization in China. 310
million citizens were practicing the movement of land reform in the new areas. 300 million
peasants were assigned 47 million hectares of land along with buildings, livestock and farm
implements. They were free from paying the rents in return of 35 billion kilograms of grain
annually. Alongside, The New Marriage law was publicized in the year 1950, on 1 May. This
law gave the equality rights to women with men. This marked the end of May Fourth
Movement, which ended ageism and patriarchy (Unger, 2016). The introduction of this law
created confusion as it overlapped with the Land Reform Movement. Meanwhile, Xiaomei
started helping her father in farming and other works to improve their financial condition
(Xia, Wang & Qin, 2014).
Leadership of Mao Zedong and Cultural Movement
When peace persisted in China and growth of the economic condition of the country
marked the beginning of a new era, Mao Zedong, leader of China’s communist party
launched the Cultural Revolution. His primary motive of this revolution was to remove the
contaminated elements of China and regain the revolutionary spirit of Chinese people. The
Cultural Revolution continued until the death of Mao. Xiaomei although did not suffer much
during the Cultural Revolution as the rural areas had very less impact due to this revolution
but the movement affected the economy of China as a whole. Political instabilities were
conquering the country’s well-being and the capability of the government to provide services
and goods had declined immensely. During this time, young adults were deprived of
education, corruption grew in the government and within the CCP (Teiwes, 2017). The

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