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.
Answer this question… The communists won support from peasants in the countryside
Peasants.
the social revolutionaries
In the Chinese civil war, the communists had a superior strategy of guerrilla warfare, ability to win the hearts of and extract resources (as well as intelligence) from the people in the countryside and better discipline in the party. The nationalists over-spread their forces, concentrated on holding important cities (to which they were later surrounded, their weapons being taken by the communists and troops being assimilated to the Red Army). The nationalists had weapons and equipment from the US, but they failed to use them effectively; the communists had equipment taken from the defeated Japanese in the north (as well as the nationalists). The nationalists mis-administered areas under their control, alienating most of the population, resulting in corruption and having huge inflation.
Answer this question… Chinese communist leaders worked directly to serve rural peasants. Soviet leaders viewed themselves as guides for urban workers.
Answer this question… The communists won support from peasants in the countryside
The reforms of Mao Zedong had a greater appeal to peasants because he divided the land that the Communists won among the local farmers. Many peasants threw their support to the Chinese Communist Party because most peasants believed that Jiang was doing little to improve their lives.
Peasants.
The reforms of Mao Zedong had a greater appeal to peasants because he divided the land that the Communists won among the local farmers. Many peasants threw their support to the Chinese Communist Party because most peasants believed that Jiang was doing little to improve their lives.
Chinese peasants
Most of the Chinese are peasants involved in agriculture.
Chinese farmers were not happy under the Manchu rule. They said the rulers were greedy and unfair. Most Chinese farmers were poor. Finally the peasants rebelled.
the social revolutionaries
Mao Zedong.
Some supported the Nationalist but most supported the communist
Thus increasing Japanese power in China, in 1919 Chinese protesters began calling for a stronger more independent China. Some impressed by the result of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Mao Zedong was the led of Communists. He gained support for Communists cause in southeastern China by redistributing land to the peasants and offering them schooling and health care.
In the Chinese civil war, the communists had a superior strategy of guerrilla warfare, ability to win the hearts of and extract resources (as well as intelligence) from the people in the countryside and better discipline in the party. The nationalists over-spread their forces, concentrated on holding important cities (to which they were later surrounded, their weapons being taken by the communists and troops being assimilated to the Red Army). The nationalists had weapons and equipment from the US, but they failed to use them effectively; the communists had equipment taken from the defeated Japanese in the north (as well as the nationalists). The nationalists mis-administered areas under their control, alienating most of the population, resulting in corruption and having huge inflation.