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Mao Tse Tung
Sometimes known as Mao Zedong, Mao Tse Tung was the founder of the Communist Party of China. He was also the first president of the People's Republic of China.
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Great Leap Forward
Why was Mao Zedong important to the 1940's?
He came to power, he's more important in 1958 and in 1966,
How and why has China changed since the death of Mao?
After Mao Zedong died in 1976 and the Four were arrested, Den Xiaoping took over. Deng Xiaoping improved China's economy by introducing a mix of capitalism and communism. For example, under Mao's reign, people worked on collective farms which earned little money. After Mao's death, under Deng's reign, farmers can give the crop to the government for payment and the rest of the crop can be sold by the farmer(s).
Hua Guofeng, but he was only in office briefly. Deng Xiaoping is the official successor.
What is Mao Zedong leadership qualities?
he was a forwarded thinker, persuasive, strong will, self giving
What happened to china after the death of Mao Zedong?
China adopted more free-market practices while remaining loyal to its communist roots.
What was Mao Zedong's 'Great Leap Forward'?
it was where Mao Zedong traveled all around the world to see what the other countries where like and to see what he could do to improve it. he lived in the country of India, but he wanted to see if he could improve India any so he traveled to see if the other countries were like so he could have better ideas for India!
What development took place in china under mao zedong?
Under Mao, the dysfunctional KMT government was replaced by the government of the "People's Republic". In practice, the country was governed on an ad-hoc basis, with Mao as paramount leader and other party functionaries filling necessary government roles. Constitutional rule was not re-established until six years after Mao's death, in 1982, when Deng Xiaoping passed the country's current constitution.
The Mao period started off by consolidating control over the country, finally reunited after over a century of imperialist and warlord rule; new provincial boundaries were established, with many provinces shrunk, expanded, created, or removed entirely. A system of "Autonomous Regions", based on the Autonomous Okrugs of the Soviet Union, was established for the Mongolian, Zhuang, Tibetan, Uighur and Hui minorities. For the first seventeen years of the PRC, the country was governed along fairly orthodox Marxist-Leninist lines.
In 1966, seeing his power based threatened by Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, his attempt at establishing agrarian "People's Democracy" and eliminate the rising power of party hierarchs. In practice, however, the Cultural Revolution merely plunged the country into chaos, and the Leninist system was rebuilt after Mao's death. It is typically believed that the interventions of Zhou Enlai and the PLA prevented the Cultural Revolution from causing the complete collapse of the government under Mao.
After 1976, Mao's political program was abandoned. The governing system in place today has been dramatically changed since the end of the Mao period, with constitutional rule, formal offices, a functioning legal system, and a technocracy built on Leninist lines.
How did Mao Zedong change the world for the better?
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AnswerHe didn't. Under his bloody rule tens of millions of Chinese were killed. All vestiges of freedom were snuffed out. Chinese culture was so warped it almost ceased to exist. The Chinese economy was set back decades from where it had been.
What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in china after 1949?
the jeje fell off a tree when the abacus came to life in china
Why was Mao Zedong successful in gaining power in China?
Mao Zedong came to power in China in 1949 after a bloody civil war between himself, leader of the Communist Party, and Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of the real Chinese government (the Nationalists).
During WWII, Chiang Kai-Shek was preoccupied with Japanse agression and the Communist under Mao Zedong started to build up their strengh in north China. They did this by carrying out a "mass line" policy (from the masses to the masses), cutting land rents, and spreading out the lands of the wealthy landlords to peasants.
As WWII started to end, the world started to see that the Communist in China were actually making some changes in China... for the BETTER and perhaps war would not break out if the USA stayed neutral. However, the inevitable did happen and by 1946 full scale war between the Nationalists and the Communists was happening. Peasants ran towards Zedong and the PLA (People's Liberation Army) for promised land and social justice while the middle class, shunned by Chiang Kai-Shek because of his governments' inability to stop economic inflation, did so too.
In react to the war in China, President Truman sent General George C. Marshall (yes, the creator of the Marshall Plan) to China in hope to stop the Communist and reinstate the Nationalists.
The Communist won.
What is the scientific name for tse tse fly?
Glossina is the genus name for flies that fall under the common name of tsetse fly. As for species, there are a number of species. So glossina morsitans, glossina fusca and glossina palpalis are all species of the tsetse fly.
What year did Mao Tse Tung die?
Mao Tse Tung, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao was born in 1893 and died in 1976. He was a Chinese communist revolutionary, politican and socio-political theorist.
Who killed more people Mao or Stalin?
Stalin is responsible for the death of 17 million Russians.
Hitler is responsible for the death of 12 million people in both concentration camps and civilians.
Alternate opinion:
Hitler: Al least 15 million Russian civilians die during Hitler's invasion in USSR. Lots of people in other countries too.
Stalin: about 300000 (rounded up) dead during party purges, about 200000 captured Nazi soldiers (died 1945-53).
Brazil had lots of internal civil wars and revolts in the 19th century. The longest and bloodiest was the Revolução Farroupilha, which lasted 10 years, in which the southermost Brazilian state tried to separate and become a republic (Brazil was an independent Empire with an European royal house from 1822 to 1889)
From 1825 to 1828, Brazil fought the Cisplatine War, which resulted in Uruguay becoming independent (the territory had been annexed, from Spain, while Brazil and Uruguay still belonged to Portugal and Spain respectively).
From 1864 to 1870, Brazil fought the Paraguay War (Triple Alliance War) in which Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina fought together Paraguay and its crazy dictator.
In World War 1, Brazil participation was only about letting mainly the french army to use Brazilian ports and bases, after Germany sunk a few Brazilian merchant ships.
Brazil participated in World War 2, sending 25 thousand troops to fight against the axis in Italy. The US also mounted a base on northeast Brazil. Brazil declared war on Germany after the axis sunk a few ships killing some 1000 Brazilian sailors.
Was Mao Zedong a comunist or nationalist?
He was communist and that is why the USA did not support him.
How long was Mao's Long March?
The Long March covered 8,000 miles between Jiangxi and Shaanxi in 370 days.
How did Mao Zedong win from China and rural poor during the Chinese civil war?
Mao promised to feed the starving people.
Who is Mao Zedong and why is he important?
Mao Zedong, or 'Mao Tse Tung', was the Founding Father of the People's Republic of China, he governed from 1949 until 1976. He was heavily influenced by Marxist-Leninist theories since his early youth, which took him to lead the Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927 and his forces defeated the Nationalist Army in 1949, establishing the PRC that same year.
Is it true that Mao Zedong killed 78 million people?
Mao Zedong is a much-mythologised historical figure with a controversial and highly contentious legacy. While it is certainly true that many people were put to death or died through other government actions during his reign, it is not possible to know exactly how many and historians will debate how much responsibility for said deaths can be attributed to Mao himself.
It is generally agreed that around 3.5 million Chinese were killed during the Chinese Civil War and the Sino-Japanese war (which overlapped each other). To what degree Mao was responsible for these deaths is entirely dependant on one's interpretation of the historical circumstances surrounding these conflicts.
Mao was also responsible for a number of political policies generally seen as disastrous. These include the three-anti/five-anti campaigns, the anti-rightist movement and the struggle sessions. The political persecution that resulted from these policies cause many deaths. Among them were direct executions, mass-suicides caused by persecution, and labour camps that killed many through over-work and poor conditions. Most would agree that Mao is largely responsible for the policies that caused these deaths, which are estimated to total between 30 and 40 million people. Certainly Mao was aware of the killing, and took no shame in his ordering of political executions, being quoted as saying "We must probably execute 10,000 to several tens of thousands of embezzlers nationwide before we can solve the problem."
Mao was also responsible for enacting a number of socio-economic policies that had grave humanitarian consequences. These include the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. These lead to the abandoning of agricultural activities in favour of producing huge volumes of iron and steel. As a result of this, and also due to the mis-reporting of agricultural production figures by district managers who feared persecution, a massive short-fall in basic food production occurred. This triggered the Great Chinese Famine, in which anywhere from 27 million to 38 million people starved to death. It was not Mao's intention to cause such starvation, but he could be considered culpable to some degree for these deaths due to his terrible economic planning and ignorance of the plight of Chinese peasants.
So, it is entirely possible that 78 million people were killed under Mao's leadership, although the exact figure will never be known. Exactly how many of these deaths can be attributed to Mao and his policies is a matter of historical debate.
Serve for the people!
The atom bomb is a paper tiger.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Women hold up half the sky.
Revolution is not having dinner with guests.
Enemy won't disappear by themselves.
We should support all that enemy are against and should be against all that enemy supports.
Without people's army, there will be nothing left for people.
The political party commands the guns, not guns commanding party.
People are the real heroes!
Dying for people's interests is heavier than Mt Tai (the great mountain in China).
No investigation, no conclusion.
Never forget class struggle.
What is the meaning of the name Mao Zedong?
Chairman Mao, sometimes spelled Mao Tsi Tung, and sometimes Mao Zedong, was the LEADER of Red China (Communist China) during the Vietnam War. Commonly remembered for authoring the "red book", which concerned "world wide revolutions" and communism.
