Mao Zedong

Issues surrounding class status is a prevalent issue throughout the novel as China’s leader, Chairman Mao Zedong, initiated a Cultural Revolution in 1966 in an attempt to rid the country of capitalist ideas and preserve Communism. This Revolution changed everything as black elements of society turned red and red turned to black. The old ways of living were viewed undesirable as Chairman Mao ordered the Red Guards, a militant youth socialist group, to destroy the four olds of…

According to Mao Zedong, for China to reach its goal of becoming a communist system it must first undergo a series of reforms which will lead to the creation of a socialist system--the stepping stone of becoming a communist system. Through the implementation of socialist reforms, China will begin to create an equal and just society resulting in the mobilization of China's population--the main actors that furthered the strides to a communist system. There are three essential reforms that China…

Power. As a result, Chairman Mao idolized the Soviet empire, and utilized it as a model for the Chinese Republic. In order to attain a similar empire to the Soviet Union, the Communist Chinese Republic required a great deal of foreign aid. Therefore, in order to support the expansion of communism, the Soviet Union provided funds to the Chinese Republic. Similarly, during the Korean War, China and Korea faced the newly instituted United Nations. However, through…

During the Qing Dynasty, many rebellions were started. Having numerous rebellions during the Qing Dynasty caused many Chinese to suffer. After the Qing Dynasty ended, China went under Communist rule was supposed to improve the Chinese lifestyle. It was soon realized that Communist rule wasn’t much better than the Qing Dynasty due to the amount of intense labor everyone had to experience. Which means that both the Qing Dynasty and Communist rule failed at creating a peaceful lifestyle for the…

supporter of socialism and Mao Zedong Thought, the people image in the poster is extremely clear. They not only have a strong physique, but also have full of political passion. We can see that the soldiers embrace "Little Red Book" and hold high the "Red Book" in the poster. It represents a symbol of Chairman Mao's highest instructions is absolute and is subject to advocacy. The other masses image is that they clenched their fist and the soldiers are big, tall and just smaller than Mao. The…

Shek’s forces were forced to retreat to Taiwan where the government there to this day remains. On the other hand Mao Zedong set up a system of Communist control on the mainland. Many industries were nationalized and many controls over peoples everyday life were instituted. This cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, the leaders of China have moved in the other direction of Mao and have moved more towards a market dominated economy and lifted some restrictions on the people. By…

information has given commentators outside of China added insight into the change of events that came about on the eve of the Socialist High Tide. It is now evident that in the summer of 1955, when faced with party debate on the pace of collectivisation, Mao chose to hasten the speed on the road to Socialism, raising target numbers for cooperatives form 650,000 to 1.3 million. Moreover, in hindsight, scholars can now definitively judge the success of this decision. On this, the general consensus…

Assess the social and political effects of the Cultural Revolution on China based on Mao Zedong’s aim The Cultural Revolution (1966~1976) was a sociopolitical movement that was both ideological and political in nature. It was seen as a rectification movement that sought to remold the values and ideas of society and to create a new vision for China. Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was determined to prevent the rebirth of the bureaucratic class and its practice of…

to help in china become great. In term of, Mao death the economic policies, reforms, modernization, and politics were fully developed but it left some flaws or not entirely implemented in road of China development. Later, Deng Xiaoping stand up and handled as a second most powerful leader after…

Not only did Mao make important political alliances with the rural peasant classes, but that these members of Chinese rural regions were to be trained in the art of war. This application of Marxist principles defines the militarization process of the rural working…