Did Mao Zedong make China a better society economically and socially?
In the year of 1921, Mao Zedong helped fund the Chinese communist party rise up. Communism is a type of government where the people are all “equal”. Everyone receives the same amount of money, food and rights. It also is a type of government where the people do not really have a say in what goes on in their country. In the beginning it sounds very reasonable and fair but the nadir of it is that Communism usually leads to dictatorship. Mao Zedong had both positive and negative effects on China’s social and economics problems. Economically, he failed, he did not only take wealthy landlord’s money, but their land and businesses, as well. On the other hand, he was a big success socially, he gave the poor and the unwanted a voice and the rights.
China had been struggling against foreign control since the opium wars, right before the communists got power with the promise of a …show more content…
Which is why Mao was seen as a great leader, at the time. As time went on, Mao broke his promise, leaving the economy as worse than ever. In document 1, stating the words of a peasant named Wang Xin for those interested in the Cold war and the Chinese revolution was to inform them about the things Mao Zedong did after the revolution and the experiences; occurrences that happened under his control. It said, “ In 1949 New China was founded and we peasants became masters of the country. Land reform was carried out, the feudalist land ownership abolished and farmland, averaging per person… During the land reform, the landlords’ surplus rooms were confiscated and the extra rooms were distributed among the poor.” Based on this document, Mao Zedong made a slightly better society for only half of the people. He tried doing good by giving the poor land to live off of, but did horrible
In the year of 1921, Mao Zedong helped fund the Chinese communist party rise up. Communism is a type of government where the people are all “equal”. Everyone receives the same amount of money, food and rights. It also is a type of government where the people do not really have a say in what goes on in their country. In the beginning it sounds very reasonable and fair but the nadir of it is that Communism usually leads to dictatorship. Mao Zedong had both positive and negative effects on China’s social and economics problems. Economically, he failed, he did not only take wealthy landlord’s money, but their land and businesses, as well. On the other hand, he was a big success socially, he gave the poor and the unwanted a voice and the rights.
China had been struggling against foreign control since the opium wars, right before the communists got power with the promise of a …show more content…
Which is why Mao was seen as a great leader, at the time. As time went on, Mao broke his promise, leaving the economy as worse than ever. In document 1, stating the words of a peasant named Wang Xin for those interested in the Cold war and the Chinese revolution was to inform them about the things Mao Zedong did after the revolution and the experiences; occurrences that happened under his control. It said, “ In 1949 New China was founded and we peasants became masters of the country. Land reform was carried out, the feudalist land ownership abolished and farmland, averaging per person… During the land reform, the landlords’ surplus rooms were confiscated and the extra rooms were distributed among the poor.” Based on this document, Mao Zedong made a slightly better society for only half of the people. He tried doing good by giving the poor land to live off of, but did horrible