China Under Mao

China Under Mao

1. Establishment

   • 21 Demands
     • Japan gained some control over the country
       • Polarised political opinions in the region
         • Allowed for a rise in Communism
   • The Long March (1934)
     • Communists walked 6,000 miles in 11 provinces
       • Propaganda 'seeding machine'
   • Yanan Soviet
     • Taught the power of the peasants, peasant revolution
       • Established power through ideological ideas of Chinese Marxism
         • By 1945 membership increased to 1 million, establishing the power of the CCP
           • Membership was 40,000 1937
   • Chinese Consultative Conference (1949)
     • Established a temporary constitution
       • Created a multi-party state
         • Reactionary and rarely a choice of candidate therefore establishing a dictatorial leadership
   • Civil War
     • The Communists had total autonomy in South-Western regions
       • Minorities forced to conform under Mao
         • 50 accepted and given some autonomy, unifying control and consolidating power

2. Economic Policy

   • Early Reforms (1949-1958)
   • The Great Leap Forward