impact of the Long March was that Moa Zedong was re-established as the unchallenged leader of the CCP. The cowardliness of his guerrilla tactics during the extermination campaigns had meant that he was replaced for a short time by Otto Braun. However Braun allowed the communists to carry too much equipment‚ and led the retreat in a straight line‚ making them slower and easier to attack. He was blamed for their huge losses‚ and leadership was soon handed back to Mao. After the success of the march‚ his
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to push the Japanese out and bring China to power. Throughout the growth of the CCP‚ the peasants were growing in power and successfully overthrowing landlords and ridding of oppression. In this document‚ rising Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong wrote about how millions of peasants will rise to be powerful and destroy any barriers holding them back. Peasants were gaining power and overthrowing landlord and non-Communist officials which shows the impact the CCP had on them. (Doc 1) The Communist
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Bart Solbach Hist 584 Professor Greene October 31‚ 2012 The Will of the People In modern warfare‚ it is important to consider‚ effectively winning the hearts and minds of the people. This is especially important if the war being fought is a civil war‚ as ultimately the most a government has to fear is its own people. Successfully doing so is to show your force as more of a power for good than that of your enemy‚ or barring that being the lesser of two evils. The CCP succeeded due to the peasantry
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together journalistic piece rather than a novel. However‚ his interaction with Mao Zedong -a real face of the revolution- provides great insight of the mindset of the major members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Li’s article highlights the immediate domestic situations the CCP faced after their victory over the nationalists especially land reform. Based on synopsis of both texts‚ this paper focuses on the genesis of Mao Zedong’s communist mindset‚ the CCP’s defeat in the fifth circulation and
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After taking full control of China in 1949 Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had taken full control of China. Many arguments have a firm belief that the CCP had the people in fear. They used different and certainly a couple extreme methods. They used the Laogai which seemed to be humane in theory but wasn’t in practice‚ the 3 and 5 Anti Movements; which targeted the capitalist middle class and the use of Registration in order for the people to obtain accommodation and work. Nonetheless
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Throughout time‚ many countries have needed to implement some sort of economic reform in order to strengthen their economy so that they can be more of a power on the world stage and to stabilize their country. The Chinese reforms were long in the making‚ an unfolding process that had spanned most of the 20th century and‚ unlike other countries such as Russia who were trying to do the same thing but whom eventually failed‚ China prospered‚ and increased its economy greatly. China has had the fastest
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On 1 October 1949‚ Mao Zedong‚ leader of the Chinese Communist Party declared victory over the Nationalist Party (Guomindang) and brought an end to four brutally long years of Civil War. The Communist victory in the Civil War has however‚ created significant debate among historians‚ namely: was a Communist victory inevitable and if so is it more sensible to see the Chinese Civil War as a Communist victory or as a Nationalist defeat?When researching these questions it becomes blatantly obvious that
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that CPC forces had a great advantage of guerilla warfare‚ with over two million militias engaging in an active warfare by the end of 1946 . In terms of morale of the soldiers‚ CPC had an advantage as a result of pledges of the Communist leader‚ Mao Zedong‚ to the peasant and poor people (especially about the private land holding)‚ which he would realize if CPC won the civil war. As time went on‚ by the end of 1947‚ with the great help of guerilla warfare tactics‚ CPC wiped out 1.2 million KMT troops
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countryside. Meisner (1986‚ p.373) points out that initially‚ the Cultural Revolution hardly affected the countryside‚ with the Red Guards banned from entering the peasant villages‚ presumably because virtually all peasants were already loyal followers of Mao. Mao tried to restore peasant associations in an attempt to bring more political power to rural areas. Nevertheless‚ in general‚ if these peasant associations tried to participate in their villages‚ higher powers intervened. Therefore‚ all in all‚ peasants
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1949-1962” Question 1: “The changes the CCP initiated in the period 1949 to 1958 were of benefit to the peasants and to China” Between 1949 and 1958‚ Chairman Mao Zedong implemented large scale changes to China in hopes of rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society. Inevitably‚ the changes that Mao implemented in this period of time had a significant impact on both China and the peasants. This essay will firstly analyze the social impact of the changes
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