How Did Mao Come To Power

Mao continues to gain control of most of the Red Armies through his usual methods of ignoring orders from the CCP and rearranging meetings to his benefits. As Mao started absorb more Red Armies, he also started to create purges on those who defy his command. He initiates an enormous system of torture to rid the party of “AB”, which stands for Anti-Bolshevik, which was a name of a defunct Nationalist group. Lieu uses the name to condemn local dissenters. Mao and Lieu uses executions to scare off potential dissenters. Mao used terror to silence people who oppose him. One rule that made people follow Mao and Lieu, was that if anyone who did not torture his fellow soldiers and comrades who were accused of being “AB” than they were also accuse of being an “AB” too. …show more content…
This allowed Mao to pursue large-scale purges on any who opposed him, without any consequences from Shanghai. This generated so much terror than no one would dare disobeyed him from now on. Those tortured often shouted names at random, and those named are also tortured and killed, sometimes by tearing their heart form their chest. Torture victims go to Shanghai to plead their case, but the CCP is powerless to do anything. Stalin approves of the purges and lets Mao continues his disgusting methods of purging dissidents. The testimony of the torture victims from the CCP is forwarded to Mao, guaranteeing far more pain and death. In 1931, the Soviet bloc consisted of the Soviet Union and Mongolia is formed. November 7, the CCP joins the block as the unrecognized state called, the Chinese Soviet Republic, centered on Jiangxi. Lee Wen-lin, the Jiangxi Red leader Mao most hated and personally tortured was the first AB torturer to call him Chairman Mao. With Mao saying he learns really