Mao+Zedong

__ Mao Zedong- Maoism  __  ·   He was born into poverty and became a Marxist. He was a librarian who was well educated. He was able to read a lot about other countries, communism and politics. He travelled so he had a broad world view.  ·   Mao Zedong was the leader of the exile CCP living in rural areas of SW China in which he set up the ‘Chinese Soviet Republic’ also known as **Jiangxi Soviet**.  ·   He gained the support of the peasants living under CCP rule because of the 3 principals of the GMD given to them; such as land rights, reducing taxes, and setting up schools and abolishing traditional practices such as arranged marriages.  ·   He developed a variation of strict Marxism which suggested that revolution could be organized with the support of rural peasants rather than urban workers.  ·  ** Maoism ** :  Variation of  [|Marxism]  and  [|Leninism]  developed by  [|Mao Zedong]. It diverged from its antecedents in its agrarian focus: Mao substituted the dormant power of the peasantry (discounted by traditional Marxists) for the urban [|proletariat]  that China largely lacked. He believes that no society which is unjust can be sufficient, that only when society operates and is seen to operate in the interests of the majority can the energy’s and talents of that majority be harnessed to progress. Maoism departs from conventional European-inspired Marxism in that its focus is on the agrarian countryside, rather than the industrial urban forces.  ·   The development of Maoism was assisted by the **Long March** and **Red Army** which he led**. **This aided in spreading communist ideas and demonstrated to peasants the discipline and commitment of Mao’s followers.  ·   He became the first president of the people republic of China (Chairman) in 1949  ·   Worked closely with Zhu De, the leader of the Armed Forces of the Soviet __ Zhu De __  ·   he enrolled in the Yunnan Military Academy, where he was likely first exposed to the ideals of  [|Sun Yat-sen]  's  [|//Tongmenghui//]  ·   Zhu was with Brigader Cai in the October 1911 expeditionary force attacking  [|Manchu]  (Qing Dynasty) forces in Sichuan, and in 1915-16 was a regimental commander in the campaign to unseat  [|Yuan Shikai]. When Cai became governor of Sichuan after Yuan's death in June 1916, Zhu was made a brigade commander.  ·   The military leader of the CCP.  ·   He established the Red Army, with Zhou Enlai, on August 1st 1927 known as Liberation Army Day and held the city of Nanchang (revolted against the GMD)  ·   Mao attempted to take over Changsha City but failed but then withdrew to the mountains, Zhu De joined them and together they took the town of Ruijin and established their all China central government in 1928.  ·   Mao and Zhu De defeated the Nationalist Armies (GMD) by using Guerilla tactics, local knowledge and superior mobility during the GMD attempts at extermination campaigns to destroy the CCP  ·   In April 1949 the people’s liberation army under Zhu De captured Nanjing and Shanghai HangZhou Wuhan they pushed the GMD back all the way to Taiwan where they were protected by the US