powerful than Stalin, in the battle of the Communist leaders Mao Zedong trumps all. Born into a comfortable peasant family, Mao would rise up to become China’s great leader. After leading the communists away from Kuomintang rule, he set out to modernize China, but the results of this audacious move were horrific. He rebounded from his failures time and again, and used his influence to eliminate his enemies and to purge China of its old ways. Mao saw a brighter future for China, but it was not within his
Mao Zedong is considered to be one of the most controversial political leaders of the twentieth century. He has been known both as a savior and a tyrant to the Chinese people. From his strategic success of the Long March, to his humiliating failure of the Great Leap Forward, to the Cultural Revolution that shocked the country and took countless lives, Mao has significantly influenced the result of what China is today. From humble origins, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist
is Mao’s love for China’s independence coupled with agrarian reforms that put Mao on the road to power. After 1949, Nationalism would reappear in Mao’s cultural policies, his relationship with Moscow and underdeveloped countries. Mao feared nothing and no one. Using Marxism-Leninism as a framework, Mao proposed the use of peasants to create his revolutionary elite. His
Mao Zedong as a Chinese Nationalist Anthony Trang HST/REL 111 Professor Rush 12/01/2017 Mao Zedong was a man who went down in history as a terrible person who ruled with an iron fist. He was, however, a man who worked hard for his country. As defined by Merriam Webster dictionary, “loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those
According to communist leader Mao Zedong’s philosophy, “Women hold up half the sky”. This belief was a key component to the rise of communism in China, but this political ideology actually emerged in Russia decades before China’s revolution. Communism was built in the early 20th century from a desire to abandon capitalist ideals and promote complete equality between social classes. For China, the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 CE, which fought to diminish all foreign influence, began an era of poor conditions
Global history Pd 7. Mao Zedong Hero or Villain?! Through out all of history we have seen so many heroes and villains all over the world. But one place in particular was in China, with a leader who goes by the name of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong was a well-known communist leader in china who actually lead the Chinese Communist Party. He is one of the most important people/historical figures in history. At first he was helping China at the beginning of his ruling, nut then his actions
Mao Zedong’s rise to power within the Chinese Communist party was built on the basis of creating a social revolution that would transform the country of China. While Mao Zedong held unrivaled power within the party, the outcome of his legacy had negative implications that were detrimental to Chinese society in many ways. Mao’s convention of a cult of personality was used as a valuable tool to cover the atrocities some of his policies brought to the population of China. As a part of the Chinese communist
In China after Chairman Mao, China had a period of post Maoism and was moving away from Chairman Mao to a more modernized China. Even though Mao Zedong had a hand in creating China and unifying, China in it is early years up to the Chinese Cultural revolution. His downturn or his bad Mao days were after the Cultural Revolution. In which many people in china suffered because of the Cultural Revolution and many parts of traditional Chinese culture was either erased or wiped out from History. Many people
In the 1960’s, China’s government under Mao Zedong implemented a communist society by using a set of objectives and policies known as the Cultural Revolution. Mao nationalized private businesses disrupting the economic state of the people while enforcing his policies using a group of revolutionary enforcers known as the Red Guard. Mao’s focus on strict enforcement of these policies and his nationalization of businesses dramatically and negatively altered the life of the Chinese citizens. From 1927
Mao Zedong has been credited as one of the most important figures during the Cold War, because he led many influential events and overall led China through the Cold War. He had many dreams and wishes for China, involving communism and changes for the better of the nation. He knew how to please his country and pinpoint different areas where China needed improvement, and carry out plans that would improve China as a whole. Mao Zedong was one of China’s most courageous and powerful leaders, and this