depends on the time period but your probably thinking of Mao Zedong 1943-1976
Mao
The Nationalists and the Communists.
Nationalist leader Jiang was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
The Chinese peasants supported the communists because there current government and leader Jiang did not do anything to help them, and they thought the communists would give them a better life.
(communists and non-communists)Even before World War II began, a civil war within China had broken out between the Chinese communists, led by Mao Zedong, and Chinese non-communists, led by Chiang Kai-shek. During World War II these two groups stopped their civil war and joined together in an effort to drive out the Japanese. But when World War II was over, the war between the communists and non-communists began again. The U.S. hoped that the non-communists would win and sent them large amounts of military equipment. Nevertheless, the communists defeated non-communists and forced them to retreat to Taiwan, an island off the coast of China. b
(containment)Even before World War II began, a civil war within China had broken out between the Chinese communists, led by Mao Zedong, and Chinese non-communists, led by Chiang Kai-shek. During World War II these two groups stopped their civil war and joined together in an effort to drive out the Japanese. But when World War II was over, the war between the communists and non-communists began again. The U.S. hoped that the non-communists would win and sent them large amounts of military equipment. Nevertheless, the communists defeated non-communists and forced them to retreat to Taiwan, an island off the coast of China.
Mao Zedong
The Nationalists and the Communists.
The Nationalists (also know as the Kuomintang) led by Chiang Kai-shek opposed the communists the the Chinese civil war.
Chinese Nationalists who were led by Chiang Kai-shek.
Mao Zedong.
Nationalist leader Jiang was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
Mao Zedong's Chinese communists went of the 6,000 mile Long March during the Chinese Civil War.
The communists, led by Mao Zedong
Josef Stalin
The Chinese peasants supported the communists because there current government and leader Jiang did not do anything to help them, and they thought the communists would give them a better life.
He was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and soon after that he led the Communists from southeast to northwest of China, which was called the "Long March" in 1934-35.
(communists and non-communists)Even before World War II began, a civil war within China had broken out between the Chinese communists, led by Mao Zedong, and Chinese non-communists, led by Chiang Kai-shek. During World War II these two groups stopped their civil war and joined together in an effort to drive out the Japanese. But when World War II was over, the war between the communists and non-communists began again. The U.S. hoped that the non-communists would win and sent them large amounts of military equipment. Nevertheless, the communists defeated non-communists and forced them to retreat to Taiwan, an island off the coast of China. b