... and actions they introduced during the Japanese war and in the areas they controlled. After WWI, the Chinese economy began to experience a crisis. The wartime demand for Chinese products, currency manipulations (internationally in the 1920's) as well as the world depression in the 1930's, all contributed to the unbearable situation. In 1921, a few young radicals, including Mao Zedong, held the first congress of the CCP. He later said: "The communist ideological and social ... women from their husbands and other men, in the same way they freed the peasants form the landlords and the mone...

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... for a solution not only to their social, political and economic problems but also to their protection against the Japanese invaders. After WWI, the Chinese economy began to experience a crisis. The wartime demand for Chinese products, currency manipulations as well as the world's depression in the 1930's, all that contributed to the unbearable situation.(4) GMD's unsuccessful attempts to save China In 1921, a few young radicals, including Mao Zedong, held ... their husbands and other men, in the same way they freed the peasants form the landlords and the moneylenders. The support of pea...

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... decreased. In addition to heavy taxes, opium, and corvee, agricultural depression developed. Total output shrank and so did the total area under cultivation. The wealthy and strong in the countryside refused to pay the irrational levies, shifted the burden to the peasants, or transferred their assets to the cities. Consequently, the peasants had to sustain higher rates of rent and standards of interest. ... their farms. The greater numbers unemployed, the greater the numbers engaged in soldiering and banditry, therefore the more frequent the civil wars and the more depressed the agricul...

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