Compare And Contrast Mao Zedong And The Salt March

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The Long March of Mao Zedong and the Salt March by Gandhi have many similarities yet many differences. Both historic marches were similar in that they were started by men who wanted to change their country and went on to have great influence and power in their country. Both marches were similar in that they involved many people and were unconventional ways of seeking power and change. However, the marches were different because one was violent and the other was peaceful.

In the early twentieth century, both India and China went through dramatic changes. While these changes were both motivated by a need for change, they also arose from two different fires (injustice and death). In the 1920s and 1930s Gandhi sought
“If the weight of the taxation has crush the poor from above, the destruction of the central supplementary industry, ie., hand-spinning, has undermined their capacity for producing wealth…” The taxes were so overwhelming and high that the most basic business can’t produce or prosper. Gandhi started a protest walk to the sea known as the Salt March. Gandhi was trying to lead his people to peaceful changes. Contrastly, in China, the Communist party was being violently pursued. After the death of Sun Yixian, Jiang Jieshi took the power and leadership of the Nationalist party. Jiang, who felt threatened by the communists, ordered his troops to slaughter the Communists party members and any of their supporters. Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist army, survived Jiang’s attack along with his communist troops where they receded towards the North. This became known as the Long March. Mao was a young revolutionary of peasant origins who believed the communists could get support from the peasants. He treated them with respect. For example, he made sure they gave the peasants payment for anything they took and were careful not to destroy