Since the 1920s, Soviet communist advisors had been sent to help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) become organized and carry out the communist revolution, but the Soviet communist advisors’ advice almost led to the complete and utter destruction of the Chinese communists at the hands of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party, hereafter KMT). Another issue between the two parties was the fact that Mao based his communism on the idea of the mobilization of the Chinese peasantry, which was not what Stalin advocated, the traditional Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist ideology such as the struggle of the working class. The Great Leap Forward was both a cause and the result of the Sino-Soviet split, the aggravation of the relationship between the two
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Mao saw this as a step of compromise and another step toward the capitalist road. Khrushchev felt that Communism and Capitalism should avoid armed conflict due to the presence of nuclear weapons. Mao, however, felt that Khrushchev was withdrawing from an active, violent struggle to achieve communism. By 1959, the stage was set for the split between the two communist powers, and the Great Leap Forward made the last blow to the Sino-Soviet war. Mao showed increasingly clear disagreements with Khrushchev’s policy and the Great Leap Forward was both an example of the disagreement and also a factor that aggravated the Sino-Soviet …show more content…
The Soviet Union, however, still took the lead in one aspect, in promoting the policy of peaceful competition with capitalist countries. Khrushchev put forward the slogan of surpassing the United States in 15 years, in his case by a combination of Stalinist central planning and buildup of heavy industry with remunerative incentives. Mao certainly did not want to fall behind and immediately claimed a similar goal for China to catch up or surpass Britain in 15 years, but in his case by using a model that would supposedly not lead to urban-rural inequality. Thereafter, the idea of surpassing Britain and catching up with the United States became an important motivation for the Great Leap Forward. He not only thought that China could surpass Britain and the U.S. in industrial development, but also surpassing the Soviet Union by getting to the full stage of Communism first, that is full equality. While the Soviet Union put off the stage of full communism into the indefinite future, Mao emphasized achieving full equality almost around the corner.
The Great Leap Forward served as one of the main causes of the ideological and political split of the two communist superpowers. The Great Leap Forward was both a cause and result. Mao showed increasingly clear disagreements with Khrushchev’s policy and the Great Leap Forward were both an example of the disagreement and also a factor that aggravated the Sino-Soviet
Mao saw this as a step of compromise and another step toward the capitalist road. Khrushchev felt that Communism and Capitalism should avoid armed conflict due to the presence of nuclear weapons. Mao, however, felt that Khrushchev was withdrawing from an active, violent struggle to achieve communism. By 1959, the stage was set for the split between the two communist powers, and the Great Leap Forward made the last blow to the Sino-Soviet war. Mao showed increasingly clear disagreements with Khrushchev’s policy and the Great Leap Forward was both an example of the disagreement and also a factor that aggravated the Sino-Soviet …show more content…
The Soviet Union, however, still took the lead in one aspect, in promoting the policy of peaceful competition with capitalist countries. Khrushchev put forward the slogan of surpassing the United States in 15 years, in his case by a combination of Stalinist central planning and buildup of heavy industry with remunerative incentives. Mao certainly did not want to fall behind and immediately claimed a similar goal for China to catch up or surpass Britain in 15 years, but in his case by using a model that would supposedly not lead to urban-rural inequality. Thereafter, the idea of surpassing Britain and catching up with the United States became an important motivation for the Great Leap Forward. He not only thought that China could surpass Britain and the U.S. in industrial development, but also surpassing the Soviet Union by getting to the full stage of Communism first, that is full equality. While the Soviet Union put off the stage of full communism into the indefinite future, Mao emphasized achieving full equality almost around the corner.
The Great Leap Forward served as one of the main causes of the ideological and political split of the two communist superpowers. The Great Leap Forward was both a cause and result. Mao showed increasingly clear disagreements with Khrushchev’s policy and the Great Leap Forward were both an example of the disagreement and also a factor that aggravated the Sino-Soviet