Mao's China 1949-76
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- Mao's China 1949-76
- 1911-49: There was tension between the chinese communist party (CCP) led by Mao, and the Nationalists (GMD) - they believed in socialism, democracy and national regeneration.
- The GMD tried to eliminate the CCP in 1927 so Mao marched the CCP to the Jiangxi mountains. He then escaped to Yanan in the 'long march' of 1934
- Maos Key Political Ideas
- He believed in the communist ideas of Karl Marx but particularly focused on Dialectic (the stuggle of the strong vs the weak)
- Prepared to use Violence and be uncompromising
- "All power grows out of the barrel of a gun" "A revolution is not a tea party"
- Ruthlessness
- Democratic Centralism (justifying dictatorship by arguing that while the CCP was democratic in essence, only the leadership were sufficiently educated to take decisions)
- Peasant Revolution
- He believed in the communist ideas of Karl Marx but particularly focused on Dialectic (the stuggle of the strong vs the weak)
- Personal position and dictatorship of Mao
- Dictatorship was supported by the army, government and civil service with no involvment in government by the vast majority of people
- Old GMD officials were promised clemency however many were persecuted as class enemies
- Mao made sure to maintain his position of dominance over other leaders, he dominated the Politburo and was chairman of the central peoples government
- Mao also attacked other leading CCP leaders to consolidate his power, demonstating his unwillingness to tolerate rivals
- The Hundred Flower Campaign was used to draw critics into the open and allow them to be attacked. Even the foreign minister had to make a humiliating public apology
- Mao suffered from Stalinesque personal paranoia
- The Party (CCP)
- Power was supposedly based on the authority of the workers and peasants
- Although there were no other parties by 1952 abd the CCP also oversaw all elections
- The Politburo was the seat of power - Mao dominated this.
- Power was supposedly based on the authority of the workers and peasants
- The PLA
- China was divided into 6 regions, each with its own chairman, party secretary, military commanders and political commissar.
- China was under military rule
- The 'reunification campaigns' of the PLA in Tibet in 1950 showed how ruthless Mao and the PLA could be.
- Run by Peng Duhuai
- China was divided into 6 regions, each with its own chairman, party secretary, military commanders and political commissar.
- Violence and Terror
- The CCP targeted anyone who didnt conform to their ideas in campaigns (Anti-movements)
- Anti-movements aimed to destroy the 'Bureautic capitalist class' Mao didnt like the middle class.
- Although in reality they just destroyed anyone who got in their way or was suspicious
- Anti-movements aimed to destroy the 'Bureautic capitalist class' Mao didnt like the middle class.
- By 1952 all other parties had been banned.
- Religion was attacked
- The CCP targeted anyone who didnt conform to their ideas in campaigns (Anti-movements)
- 1911-49: There was tension between the chinese communist party (CCP) led by Mao, and the Nationalists (GMD) - they believed in socialism, democracy and national regeneration.
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