Essay on The Ideology of Mao Zedong

The battle of Chipyong-ni took place from 13-15 February 1951, in the small road hub and railway town of the same name1. The 8th Army Commander, General Ridgeway, determined that it was a key location to keep the Chinese from moving farther south to stabilize the UN front2. COL Paul Freeman, who would later become a four-star general, commanded the 23rd Infantry Regiment3. The unit recently won the battle of Twin Tunnels several miles south. “Freeman’s mission was to deny the enemy the use of the road net and hold the area” of Chipyong-ni4. Over the course of three long nights the Soldiers of the 23rd infantry regiment held back an overwhelming Chinese force, estimates from after the battle believe that there were six Chinese Communist Force (CCF) Divisions5.

Hannibal and Mao Zedong are the leaders of the most tough and adventurous marches exist in the history. Despite that, there are many different aspects which will give different experiences.

After a bitter civil war (1946-1949), which faced the major Chinese parties Kuomintang and CCP, Kuomintang’s defeat, evidenced with Chiang’s and 200.000 people´s fled to Formosa, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), born in Shoshan, Hunan, proclaimed the new People´s Republic of China with himself as both Chairman of the CCP and President of the republic in October 1949. How did the under numbered and weak CCP, founded by the same person in 1921 manage to survive several extermination campaigns and re-organize the party to win the civil war, crushing opposition and establish the Chinese

Indeed, we see this support from part one of the text all the way through part twelve. Therefore, it can certainly be argued that the peasant support of the Red Army is what ultimately led to the Communist success in the Chinese Civil War. The Red Army, a group of soldiers under the command of the Communist party in China, is the crucial link between the rural support and the Communists. As Mao discussed in his interview with Snow, “On August 1, 1927, the Twentieth Army under Ho Lung and Yeh T’ing… led the historic Nanchang Uprising, and the beginning of what was to become the Red Army was organized” (Snow 164). He then went on to describe how the Red Army was organized and formed. For example, it consisted of three units: The First Red Army, the Second Red Army, and the Fourth Red Army (Snow 173). The Red Army differed from other military forces. It was not a group of highly trained professionals in uniforms. Though they had a Red Army University, for the most part, the Red Army was a group of volunteer Communists and peasants who had endured a long and arduous journey to get to this point. Many had to abandon families or had to watch their villages destroyed by the Nationalist or Japanese forces. They had all experienced a lot of suffering. Yet, overall, a great deal of the Red Army managed to survive several campaigns against the Nationalist forces and undertook the Long March. The Long March is what this book focuses on most strongly. The Long March was a military retreat to evade the Kuomintang army. It was not one long march, but a series of marches as various units of the army escaped to the North and the West of China. The Long March took the Red Army through the countryside where they were welcomed and respected by the peasants. During an interview, Mao gave his opinion, “The Red Army, through its own struggle, has won its freedom

The Long March began Mao’s ascent into power, with his leadership throughout the retreat gaining him the support of many of the party members. The March’s physical scale gave it a political significance and Mao’ choice of route and vindication of judgement meant he arrived at

Born in every country is a leader, strategist, theorist, and a hero whose name will go down in history. In the small village of Shaoshan in Hunan Province China, a leader was born; Mao Zedong (Schram,125). He was a man of prestige who grew up to embrace many of his great ideas, but was in opposition of religion, culture, and history. Furthermore, Mao Zedong was a man of action who led millions of Chinese citizens to their death, as a result of his revolutionary tactics and programs. However, due to his military tactics and strong innovative ideas, Mao Zedong made many changes to greatly modernize and unify China. Throughout this paper, I will provide a brief background on Zedong’s early upbringing and his approach on communism. Moreover, I will address some of his military tactics and innovative ideas that have helped modernize and unify China.

Chairman Mao was able to use guerillas tactics to fight off the Nationalists for 4 of the campaigns. During the 5th campaign, the Communists replaced Mao and his guerilla tactics with more conventional leadership. This went horribly for the Red Army( The Army of the Communists). The Red Army was close to being completely wiped out.

The Nationalists saw the return march through Shanghai as an opportunity to exterminate the ever-growing CCP army. The Nationalist army was ordered by leader Chiang Kai-shek to kill as many CCP soldiers as possible. On face-value this may not seem like a reason for the eventual success of the CCP but the remaining Communists – and vitally leader Mao Zedong – fled to the countryside regions and formed their own state; the Jiangxi Soviet. The Communists in the Jiangxi area won the support of the peasants by their many changes and vast improvements to the region.

Chapter begins with Brantly Womack’s narrative of Mao’s political career and covers the first half life. Mao’s successful leadership of China’s rural revolution was not out of luck, but coughed up by chance or by historical processes. During the Long March, it was Mao’s military survival skills helped to returned him to leadership, not his insights into rural revolution. Mao and his Red Army headed Shaanxi Province because of its rugged terrain and remote base close to the Soviet Union. The Long March ended on October 22, 1935, and eventually, the base area expanded to include the town of Yan’an. While no longer on the run, Mao took advantage of interviews with foreign journalists, most notably Edgar Snow, to reestablish the CCP as a national

There are many different things between Mao Zedong and the long march and North Korean refugees. First, the distance of the journey was very different. Mao Zedong’s journey distance was long as 12,500 kilometers from the South of China to the North of China, whereas North Korean refugees have been walked through the distance only 5,000 kilometers. Second, a purpose of the journey was not the same. Mao Zedong decided to have a long march with his Red army because they were forced to escape from the area after many bloody battles. However, North Korean refugees have their journey because they want to have freedom and make their life better. Next, the difference in the number of people. Mao Zedong and his Red army have about 86,030 people. Separate

In October 1st 1949, after 8 years war of resistance against Japan, The people 's Republic of China was founded by the lead of Chairman Mao, which we call the “New China”. After 1949, China has been through many political movements. The most famous movements among others were the ideological transformation movement; great proletarian cultural revolution; The smash of "the gang of four" and the reform and opening-up policy, etc. All the articles or books I have read explains those movements from a different angle. In the following section, I will explain the specific movement in two ways - the ordinary history book and the approach from the article, which can’t be found in Chinese network.

Nanjing was taken over by the Chinese communist force on 23 April, 1949, soon after the peace negotiation between the Guomingdang (GMD) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was proved impossible. As early as in January of the same year, the talk for possible truce had begun between the two sides. Yet apparently, the two sides were expecting different things. While the Nanjing government was still struggling with its own control areas and problems of fractional politics, crossing the Yangze River and taking over the southern China were only the issue of time for Mao Zedong. As the Nationalist representatives that remained in Nanjing failed to accept the ultimatum on 20 April of the proposed peace conditions, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

In 2005AD, Lian Zhan, the president of Chinese Nationalist Party from Taiwan visited mainland of China and had a conversation with Hu Jintao, the general secretary of Chinese Communist Party. This conversation was the first time between two parties over about 60 years after the burst of civil war in 1946. These two parties, historically speaking, changed the future process of China and the life of Chinese people. However, most history fans and Chinese people have a question in their mind, which is why Communist Party who was relative weak side can defeat the strong Nationalists in the civil war? In my opinion, this historical question is associated with the national situation at that time, positions of two parties respectively and two most influential leaders of two parties, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. In this article, I will talk about my personal opinions about this topic associated with above aspects.

According to the New World encyclopedia, what made matter worse, was that China was at war with itself, the war was between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party. Sun Yat-sen dies in 1925, soon after, commander in chief Chiang Kai-Shek of the National Army set out on an expedition to the North. This expedition was an effort to exterminate the commanders of the war and as well as feudalism. However, when a year passes, in 1926, the Nationalist Party had divided into left and right factions where communism had begun to grow from the inside out. After many disputes, on April 7, 1927, Chiang and other nationalist had decided to hold a meeting where they had decided the communist were being socially and economically disruptive. They would then join together in order to suppress them and keep the national revolution ongoing. Hence on April 12, Nationalist leader Chiang commenced an expulsion of the communist in the Shanghai area, leading to the execution and arrest of hundreds of communist members. This became known as the “Shanghai Massacre”, enraged, the communist would attempt to conquer cities such as Changsha, Guangzhou, Nanchang, and Shantou. After many

In 1949 a powerful communist leader by the name of Mao Zedong came to power based on his idea for a, “Great Leap Forward.” This idea was meant to bring China’s economy into the twentieth century. He had assembled a revolutionary government using traditional Chinese ideals of filial piety, harmony, and order. Mao's cult of personality, party purges, and political policies reflect Mao's esteem of these traditional Chinese ideals and history. However, the product of this revolution created a massive national shortage in vital materials and initiated a wide scale famine to China’s people (Gabriel).