"Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy."
-Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
•After he fled he began to rebuild the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
•Goes on the long march
•Mao built party on the peasantry (no urban workers to deal with)
•Chiang fought hard to rid the CCP from their stronghold even as the Japanese began to invade Manchuria
•CCP fought guerrilla warfare
•By fighting them they gained a lot of the support from the people
•A lot of people changed their opinions on communism after this
•Goes on the long march
•Mao built party on the peasantry (no urban workers to deal with)
•Chiang fought hard to rid the CCP from their stronghold even as the Japanese began to invade Manchuria
•CCP fought guerrilla warfare
•By fighting them they gained a lot of the support from the people
•A lot of people changed their opinions on communism after this
Mao's China, 1949-1958
•Tradition in China gave new rulers “Mandate from Heaven”
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan ( 5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
•Quota system equal to Stalin
•Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan ( 5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
•Quota system equal to Stalin
•Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
Question:
Was Moa on the right track with adapting the 5 year plan?
Summary:
Mao was another very influential leader. He started the "red army" and started rebuilding the CCP.