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A 6 page paper which considers whether or not Chairman Mao was ‘good’ for China. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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years, he had been transformed from a peasant Marxist to one of the most powerful and influential rulers of the twentieth century, revered as a God by the 1.3 billion
men, women, and children who crowd the Chinese landscape (Florcruz et al., 1999). At a massive demonstration in Beijings Tianamen Square, rabid followers of Chairman Mao clutch to their
hearts his red book of sayings and reverently "chant his name" (Lynch, 2002, p. 10). The man lovingly referred to as "the red sun rising in the east" was
launching yet another revolution, and this time the intended target was ancient Chinese culture (Lynch, 2002). For the next ten years, until Maos death, China would be transformed into
the Chairmans Red vision of what it should be, an agrarian superpower that could hold its own against the Soviet Union and the United States while maintaining its own completely
unique national identity (Lynch, 2002). Born in the Hunan province on December 26, 1893, Maos life would be forever changed when in 1911, Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing (Ching) dynasty
and declared China a republic (Frost, 1998). Mao had briefly served in a volunteer army and a few years later, when he became a librarian at Beijing University, his
philosophical focus shifted to Marxism, and he became convinced that the only way for China to evolve was through "social and political revolution" (Lynch, 2002, p. 10). When the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was formed in 1920, Mao became one of its most enthusiastic supporters (Frost, 1998). Meanwhile, the violence among the peasants and warlords escalated as each
attempted to dominate the other (Lynch, 2002). What Mao witnessed first-hand left a profound impression on him and significantly shaped his future leadership. He recalled, "During my student
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