The Chinese revolution! Mao Zedong's leadership style was different compared to the likes of Sun Yatsun, Yuan Shikai and Chiang Kaishek. Mao was a communist leader who believed in the right of equality, and because of that he got the support of many of the Chinese peasants. Mao leadership style was different because he ... is why he organized the long march across China to gain support from the all peasants. Unlike Chiang Kaishek who wanted the extermination of all communists, Mao knew that if he didn't have the support of the peasants he wouldn't have enough support for China to become a com...

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... by the Russian Revolution, which appeared to be more successful than the homegrown version in bringing change. In 1920 the student leaders formed the Comintern (Communist International). A young man named Mao Zedong led one of the Communist groups. During the 1920s the Kuomintang, an organization formed out of Sun Yat-sen's alliance, was also active and included many Communist members. Communism was ... later, Japan invaded China forcing the Kuomintang and the Communists into an uneasy alliance. At the end of the war against Japan in 1945 the alliance collapsed into civil war. Mao had c...

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