Mao Zedong

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) launched and orchestrated by Chairman Mao Zedong aimed to maintain his power in the Chinese government by spreading his ideological beliefs. He aimed to destroy the Four Olds (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits). In foundation to this, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department (CCP-CPD) sought to bring about ‘thought reform’ through the use of propaganda. Propaganda was disseminated into cultural aspects of…

civilians, downfall economy which lead to enormous tension in China. The flop of CCP leader, Mao Zedong, leading the Great Leap Forward put his credentials as the CCP leader into question. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (the Cultural Revolution) took into action to regain Mao’s credentials as leader, bringing back the Chinese revolutionary spirit…

major role that led to the Sino-soviet collapsed. During the time that Joseph Stalin was alive, Mao Zedong had high respect for Joseph Stalin and viewed him as a true communist revolutionary even thought Stalin retreat from treaty negotiations and the Korean War during the 50’s. After Stalin death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev became the USSR new leader. Nikita Khrushchev had revisionist policies that made Mao have little respect for Khrushchev as the Soviet Union leader and consider him as a…

revolution. In this essay I will be arguing the positive effects of the Cultural Revolution that happened for the peasant class. For instance what major impacts happened to the peasant life during the Cultural Revolution, why were the peasant class for Mao Zedong, and what made their life easier.…

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…

march because they thought it was better than walking for hundreds of miles and starving (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). The injured and ill were left behind to die (Youtube Documentary). Mao Zedong’s two children and his younger brother were among the missing. At the start of the Long March, Mao Zedong had about 86,000 troops and about 30 women, in the end there was only about 8,000 survivors when the Long March…

were in at the time. With the cooperation of U.S. troops, South Korea would soon push the communist forces near Chinese-Korean border and possibly win the war. The Soviet Union knew these implications and signed the Sino-Soviet Alliance treaty with Mao Zedong, which “symbolized a significant level of cooperation” (Yun-sik) between China and the Soviet Union. This treaty affirmed the partnership between the two countries and allowed the Soviet Union to call upon China when needed. Due to…

1949, Mao Zedong, previously known as a poor peasant, rose to power; bringing with him a new regime of different values and goals. In an attempt to gain a following, Mao Zedong organized the Long March. From 1934-36, Mao Zedong led his communist followers on a journey as Chiang Kai-Shek, the founder of the National Party, and his army pursued them. Chiang ultimately was unable to find and defeat his enemy. He eventually had to divert his attention to the Japanese who were invading China. Mao…

countries have their heads turned that is when true chos can happen. Mao Zedong's rule led to the mass extermination of the chinese people as a result of ruthless oppression, extermination campaigns, and failed “cultural revolution policies”. Mao Zedong was obsessed with being seen as a god, that he soon would put his face on children's shirts for propaganda and personal reasons.this is shown in David Apter’s article “The Mao Cult”. “Mao already had appeared prominently on propaganda posters as…

On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China. China followed the Soviet model of government from 1949 to 1959, but the Soviet model relied heavily on a large industrial population. China did not have a large industrial population (Stanton 2016). Instead, Mao made the foundation of his revolution the peasants (Marlay and Neher 1999). Mao instigated a reworking of Chinese society during his rule, as Mao strictly believed that change must be the constant…