BIOGRAPHY MAO TSE-TUNG Mao Tse-Tung was a principal Chinese Marxist theorist‚ a soldier and a statesman who commanded China’s communist revolution. He was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1935; he was chairman of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death on 1959. Mao was born in a farming community in Hunan Province‚ China to a peasant family. As a child‚ he worked in the fields and attended a local primary school where he studied traditional Confucian classics. He
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Bader Al Majed IB History China and Mao Origins and nature of the authoritarian and single-party states * Conditions that produced authoritarian and single-party states * Mao Zedong came to power and created the People’s Republic of China after decades of civil and international war. * The Communist party assumed power and utilized propaganda strategies to alter people’s opinions and outlooks. * Emergence of leaders: aims‚ ideology‚ support * Communist ideology helped him
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of these individuals was Mao Zedong‚ leader of the Communist Party. The beliefs and achievements of Mao Zedong portrayed him as both a hero and a villain. He influenced Chinese society dramatically. When Mao Zedong faced the Nationalists with his new ideas of communism‚ he was a hero to the peasants during the 1930s. Mao won the support of the majority by promising the peasants land from warlords and economic equality. When Mao pledged to give social equality‚ peasants were fond of the idea because
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The Revolution of the Peasants “We all look at the same sun‚ but we don’t eat the same dinner.” This is a common proverb said by the peasants of Russia‚ this symbolizes the lack of equality among the classes‚ other proverbs like “A wife is nice twice: when she’s brought into the house and when she’s carried out of it to her grave.” this shows the inequality among peasants themselves! This inequality added to terrible working conditions were the main conditions that ultimately lead Russia to becoming
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destiny. In 1949‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ with Deng Hsiao Ping at his side‚ arrived in Tiananmen at the head of their Red armies ending‚ perhaps forever‚ the era of the Emperors‚ the Forbidden City‚ and the feudal controls. Though they certainly would not have predicted a return to capitalism‚ Mao created a communist political and economic system unequalled in the world. Though both were dedicated to the communist ideology‚ as each had their time at the helm as Emperors in their own right. Mao Tse Tung was the
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Vanna Qing Exam-History Essay#2 March 3rd Monday Ms. Macaulay Explain the struggle between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek to lead a new Chinese state in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ Mao Zedong was an organizer of Communist Party‚ and Chiang Kai-shek was the second leader of the Nationalists. The Nationalist and Communist Parties had struggled for a long time to seize the central power to lead a new China. They tried to work together and formed an alliance to drive the imperialists and colonialism
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Zedong and Castro had very similar beginnings and ideology on what a just nation working to help its people should look like. They both started their revolutions for the same reasons as well‚ both of their countries were suffering underneath a cruel dictator who put their ideals and themselves above the well being of their people. Communism appeared differently for each leader‚ Communism was already an ideal blooming in China due to their proximity to Russia‚ while Castro more or less brought Communism
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Mao Zedong‚ and also commonly called as Chairman Mao. He is born at December 26‚ 1893‚ and died in September 9‚ 1976. He was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founder of the People’s Republic of China‚ which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death. He lived in a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan‚ Hunan. Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist perspective in his early life. On October 1‚ 1949 Mao proclaimed the foundation
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1927 Mississippi Flood In one of most powerful natural disasters in the 1900s‚ the Mississippi river flooded which caused severe damage around the states of Arkansas‚ Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Tennessee‚ Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Kansas. The flood was caused during a large rainfall that lasted approximately 18 hours; the rainfall caused an overflow in the Mississippi river that overtook the banks. This flood wreaked havoc amongst the citizens in its path. The disaster caused over
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Mao Tun and the Wild Roses: A Study of the Psychology of Revolutionary Commitment Author(s): Yu-shih Chen Reviewed work(s): Source: The China Quarterly‚ No. 78 (Jun.‚ 1979)‚ pp. 296-323 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/652957 . Accessed: 21/02/2012 09:59 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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