Account for Mao’s Rise to Power and evaluate his impact on Chinese Society Mao Zedong 1893-1976, is considered as a traditional Chinese emperor with Marxist ideas and was the founder of People’s Republic of China in 1949. He led the communist party of China against the GMD to victory, in the Chinese civil war and is considered as one of the most influential and important figure in modern history . However there are critics of his social political programs, such as the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. These programs caused severe damages on the Chinese Culture, society, economy and their foreign relations and the death of millions of Chinese civilians. After the death of Sun Yat Sen 12th March 1925, Chiang Kai-Shek emerged as the new leader of the GMD.
Erick Romero 10/19/14 2A Explain the origin(s) of the Chinese Civil War, and to what extent was the Communist victory due to the use of guerrilla warfare In the early 20th century, China ran into political turmoil. With the revolution in 1911, in which the last dynasty, the Manchu dynasty was overthrown. The new Republic failed to set hold on China and warlord era would start. But China continued to be oppressed by many foreign powers because it lacked a strong central government. The Chinese Civil War was caused by two opposed political parties, the communists and the nationalists, to see who would be able to restore order and regain central power over China to bring it back to its glory.
Mao adapted Communist ideas to China and he followed in Joseph Stalin’s footsteps by abusing his power and crippling the Chinese in fear with his totalitarian rule. In this essay I will be exploring the factors contributing to one of the biggest disputes in historical knowledge. Was Mao Zedong’s role in achieving communism genuine or has it been exaggerated and morphed by the Asian populations living under absolute despotism. “Idealism is no panacea in a totalitarian regime.” 1 - Quoted by a 20th century philosopher. It wasn’t said about Mao however it adapts to his ideas and aspirations.
This was also a key reason for entire divisions of their military to defect to the CCP (6A). So when the Civil War broke out not only did Mao Zedong have countless amounts of support from the people of China but he also had entire divisions of what once was the KMT's military (1A & 6A). Chiang Kai-Shek had already lost China before the Civil War had started and had no other option than to flee to Taiwan with the rest of the nationalists. Agrarian Reform, Social Reform & Suppressing Counterrevolutions Some of Mao's first policies were to strip land, possessions and properties off
As many as 750,000 were killed and 1.5 million arrested in a wave of persecution. This undoubtedly demonstrates that violence was a key feature of Communist rule when Mao came to power; something he would justify by saying that it was necessary to secure control over China and eliminate opposition. Centralisation was a strong element in the consolidation of power: control of China was divided up between the main leaders. The country was split into six ‘bureaus’, or districts. The three most important were Manchuria in the north-east controlled Gao Gang; the south-west run by Deng Xiaoping; the south where Lin Biao was in charge.
The Japanese attacked China when it was weak. They invaded Manchuria on September 18th, 1931. China was going through a depression, like the United States, so they were an easy target for the Japanese. During this time, Russia is a strong alley with China and so they are outraged at the attacks against China. The United States was an alley with Russia so therefore, they wanted to protect China as well.
The falls in production led to 300,000,000 Chinese deaths so Mao’s agricultural policy was extremely responsible for the scale of the great famine in China. Mao made Lysenkoism an official policy and he personally drafted an eight point agricultural ‘constitution’ based on the crop growth theories of Lysenko and his Chinese experts. Mao and his researchers believed the theories behind Lysenkoism were a scientific truth, and that his claims of developed techniques would result in crop
To be able to protect themselves from malicious people they helped build what is known today as the Great Wall of China. What the Qin lacked in farming they made up for with their military. To put an end to all the disapproval many where silenced by death, uncooperative Confucian academics and burning of their books. There were many projects done by the public to fuse and fortify the imposing law. Not
China’s response to this was to implement their prohibition against import of this drug by destroying a lot of opium on the ships arriving at the Port of Canton. Their anger and actions towards the Europeans caused the first Opium War. Frustrated, the British brought in their gunboats to open up the trade doors of China again (Macartney). China lost the war and was forced to sign the unequal Treaty of Nanjing, which included many conditions, like opening up several treaty ports, giving away Hong Kong, and giving Britain “favored nation status”. This all weakened the country even more.
The Ming began with the overthrow of the hated Mongols, who ruled China for one hundred years. (Adler 352) The Ming Dynasty was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was a young poor man when he joined the Red Turban rebellion in the lower Yangtse region. (china tour 1) Zhu, who later took the imperial title Hongwu ruled from 1368-1398. (Adler 352) In 1356 Zhu led his army into the city of Jiquing, which is currently Nanjing in Jiangsu Province.