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A 5 page discussion of the influence of Mao in determining the relationship between China and communism. The author asserts that simultaneously tremendously influential and relatively weak. This paradox is particularly vivid in regard three of Mao’s policies in particular: 1. Mao’s policies toward the Great Leap Forward, 2. his policies toward the Cultural Revolution, and 3. China’s policy towards the Soviet Union and its leaders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The first part of the twentieth century was a time of dramatic change for China. In "Mao According to Breslin" it is asserted that the great Mao paradox
was that he was simultaneously tremendously influential and relatively weak. This paradox is particularly vivid in regard three of Maos policies in particular: 1. Maos policies toward
the Great Leap Forward, 2. his policies toward the Cultural Revolution, and 3. Chinas policy towards the Soviet Union and its leaders.
The Chinese Revolution of 1911 would set in motion a series of political and cultural changes which would extend, at least in remnant form, through the Twentieth
Century. These changes stand in testament to Maos policies and, in fact, to the paradox of Mao. Many of these changes would relate to the choices which China would
make after the revolution, choices centering around their political alliances and ideologies. The Wests influence on China, an influence which started well before the Chinese revolution, would be
particularly important. To understand the changes which Mao would spearhead it is first important to recognize their interaction with the West
prior to the revolution was extremely limited. Indeed, even European merchants had little impact on China until the early 1800s. With the opium war of 1839 and the
subsequent 1842 treaty of Nanjing, however, Hong Kong would become a British possession and be influenced heavily by British ideology (Spence). Five ports would be opened as well to
British residents and trade. Additional treaties with other Western nations ensured a continuing Western influence. Maos revolutionary efforts were unique in that
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