... . Due to the devastating battles in World War II, China was in desperate need for a leader that could lead them out of the depression. This was the perfect chance for Mao Zedong to come to power and be that leader. For example, most farms were destroyed, industrial work had almost ceased and transportation was barely functional. All the hardships left citizens suffering ... discretion. They controlled all industrial production, agriculture and more. And the biggest problem is that there was no one that could stop the Communist Party (The Rise). The fact that Mao Zedong and the government...

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... continuos military disasters, lack of weapons and the large amount of Red Army Soldiers" that died. The reasons for this was political victory is because Mao Zedong became the Chinese Communist Party Leader, all peasants after the long march favoured Communism and the news of Communism was spread throughout China. The Long ... and after the seven day crossing the casualty figure was estimated to be at 32,000 of the 40,000 men. On the 19th of October Mao Zedong led his troops into the city of Wuqi where they counted their troops present, a mere 5,000 completed the journey of the 100,000 th...

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... Mao was particularly influenced by the Social Darwinism of Spencer, which was the age old concept of 'the survival of the fittest,' and it took on a profoundly nationalist and anti-traditionalist meaning. Maurice Meisner, now deceased historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin, states in his book 'Mao Zedong ... ,' that what this Darwinist text conveyed to Mao was that "wealth and power" of the nation was the main value to which all other values must ... to carry out the great union of the popular massesOur golden age of brightness and splendor lies ahead!" – Mao Z...

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... the Soviet Union against the US, to de facto alliance with the US against the Soviet Union . From 1949 China was ruled by communist dictator Mao Zedong. For over a century the national interests of China have been reflected in the following foreign policy objectives of communist China: (a) to preserve the ... movements in developing countries, were additional objectives in Chinese foreign policy. In contrast the communist leadership appeared purposeful and resolute; its followers were loyal and dedicated. Mao expressed his basic intentions to unify China and create a "new world" in a po...

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... the Yalu River. The main objective of China was to eliminate the 3 presence of U.S. Military control in South Korea. "Mao Zedong thought the removal of United States troops was necessary to ensure a safe environment for communism to flourish without the persuasion of a capitalistic society ... ." (4) Mao ZeDong's need to clear the U.S. forces because of many reasons or China would be in chaos. U.S forces occupied most of the Yalu ... was to help an ally, and to show which power was stronger. During the Korean War the United States was very unreasonable. After the Korean War Mao ZeDong e...

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... is an enigmatic country by today's standards concerning economic values and political ideals. The "communist" government that Mao Zedong brutally sculpted and administered has gone through an intensive transformation. The days when Marxism and Socialism supposedly provided ... past twenty years, its government has not made any significant progress towards democracy. The Chinese economy stagnated during the social-oriented rule of Mao in the 1950's. Instead of focusing on the modernization of the country's agricultural-based economy, China's leader intended to install the many ... theorie...

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... is an enigmatic country by today's standards concerning economic values and political ideals. The "communist" government that Mao Zedong brutally sculpted and administered has gone through an intensive transformation. The days when Marxism and Socialism supposedly provided ... past twenty years, its government has not made any significant progress towards democracy. The Chinese economy stagnated during the social-oriented rule of Mao in the 1950's. Instead of focusing on the modernization of the country's agricultural-based economy, China's leader intended to install the many ... theorie...

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... for the benefit of society. Throughout history their have been numerous examples of the violence, exploitation and propaganda associated with totalitarian systems. For instance, Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong in China, Adolph Hitler in Germany and the list goes on. These dictators prospered in increasing their countries overall wealth with regards to international standards, but the individual citizens suffered ... in the process. People went hungry the Soviet Union although Stalin's five year plan resulted in the largest harvest ever in the Soviet Union in the years 1934...

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... nationalist leaders saw the communist parties as a threat. Eventually, ruler Jiang Jieshi crushed all communist parties and anyone that supported communism. A communist who had escaped Jieshi's brutal attack was Mao ZeDong. He believed the way to power was through the peasants and not through the wealthy. At this, time Communist parties began to redistribute already owned landed to peasants. The Communists ... had occurred was China becoming a Communist country. After years of fight over nationalism and communism, China was united under Communist rule. This nation faced many challenges ...

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... or force. Although, America was aiding any countries where there was a threat of communism, for some countries it did not work out well and only increased the fear. For example, Mao Zedong from China also converted his country to communism, even though America and Chiang Kai-Shek tried to block this from happening. Then China had a large role in spreading communism to ... ...

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