How Did Chinese Society Get Better Under Mao Rules

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Chinese society did get better economically but it did get better socially under Mao rules.
The reason why chinese society did get better under Mao rules can be found in document 2. This document is created by Chow Aingil In china 1985, and this is written for people that are interested in china; to talk about marriages in China. This document is says “ One of the dramatic changes that took place in 1959, was mao’s “Marriage Reform Law” which banned forced or arranged marriages. I wept bitterly as this came only five months after my own forced marriage.” So this is saying that Mao did make a better society in china because many women who have had to marry people picked by their partners freely. In document #4 written by chinese government

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