The political atmosphere after the death of Mao Zedong can be characterized as tense and filled by reforms. It is arguable that after Mao’s death China was left a fragile country with no central figure of authority. A new authority had to take over the leadership position. This was mainly aimed to restore order as well as work on the promises of the previous leadership. Mao’s government had promised a lot of change and social re-organization in China. It is also noticeable that the government worked
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Whereas Mao was influenced primarily by Western ideologies‚ Ghandi based the Indian revolution within a mix of Hindu and Western influences. First and foremost to Ghandi was the idea of Indian Nationalism and the strong sense of being exclusively Indian‚ a romantic notion also preached by Henry David Thoreau. When Thoreau speaks of an American government that he wishes was less controlling‚ he insists‚ “The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it
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BIOGRAPHY MAO TSE-TUNG Mao Tse-Tung was a principal Chinese Marxist theorist‚ a soldier and a statesman who commanded China’s communist revolution. He was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1935; he was chairman of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death on 1959. Mao was born in a farming community in Hunan Province‚ China to a peasant family. As a child‚ he worked in the fields and attended a local primary school where he studied traditional Confucian classics. He
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agriculture‚ and for mistakes that had led to appalling lose of life in the Second War World. Mao was livid with anger by this denouncement of his supporter.( film -China) Mao Zedong also started to see signs that that Soviet Union wanted to take control of Russia. This created tension between the China and Russia leading the eventual break-up. Another contributing factor of the two nations spilt was Mao demand for the Soviet to give China an atomic bomb. The Soviet Union rejected this demand.(
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Bader Al Majed IB History China and Mao Origins and nature of the authoritarian and single-party states * Conditions that produced authoritarian and single-party states * Mao Zedong came to power and created the People’s Republic of China after decades of civil and international war. * The Communist party assumed power and utilized propaganda strategies to alter people’s opinions and outlooks. * Emergence of leaders: aims‚ ideology‚ support * Communist ideology helped him
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of these individuals was Mao Zedong‚ leader of the Communist Party. The beliefs and achievements of Mao Zedong portrayed him as both a hero and a villain. He influenced Chinese society dramatically. When Mao Zedong faced the Nationalists with his new ideas of communism‚ he was a hero to the peasants during the 1930s. Mao won the support of the majority by promising the peasants land from warlords and economic equality. When Mao pledged to give social equality‚ peasants were fond of the idea because
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The Revolution of the Peasants “We all look at the same sun‚ but we don’t eat the same dinner.” This is a common proverb said by the peasants of Russia‚ this symbolizes the lack of equality among the classes‚ other proverbs like “A wife is nice twice: when she’s brought into the house and when she’s carried out of it to her grave.” this shows the inequality among peasants themselves! This inequality added to terrible working conditions were the main conditions that ultimately lead Russia to becoming
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destiny. In 1949‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ with Deng Hsiao Ping at his side‚ arrived in Tiananmen at the head of their Red armies ending‚ perhaps forever‚ the era of the Emperors‚ the Forbidden City‚ and the feudal controls. Though they certainly would not have predicted a return to capitalism‚ Mao created a communist political and economic system unequalled in the world. Though both were dedicated to the communist ideology‚ as each had their time at the helm as Emperors in their own right. Mao Tse Tung was the
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Vanna Qing Exam-History Essay#2 March 3rd Monday Ms. Macaulay Explain the struggle between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek to lead a new Chinese state in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ Mao Zedong was an organizer of Communist Party‚ and Chiang Kai-shek was the second leader of the Nationalists. The Nationalist and Communist Parties had struggled for a long time to seize the central power to lead a new China. They tried to work together and formed an alliance to drive the imperialists and colonialism
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Zedong and Castro had very similar beginnings and ideology on what a just nation working to help its people should look like. They both started their revolutions for the same reasons as well‚ both of their countries were suffering underneath a cruel dictator who put their ideals and themselves above the well being of their people. Communism appeared differently for each leader‚ Communism was already an ideal blooming in China due to their proximity to Russia‚ while Castro more or less brought Communism
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