Mao Zedong was a guerilla warfare strategist, poet, and the leader of the Chinese Revolution
He was also an architect and the founder of the People's republic China
Chiang Kaishek aws the first and third chairman of the Nationalist governmen to fChina
He was a strong member of the nationalist party of China
Kaishek was in charge of the Chinese Nationalist Party in the Chinese civil war against Mao's CPC or the Communist Party of China
CHinese Civil War
in 1949, the chinese civil war started between teh COmmunists and the Nationalists.
The Communists were pushing the Nationalists back during the war which eventually separated China into two groups.
These two groups are known as the republic of China and the people's republic of China
As Mao's army was pushing Chiang Kaishek's army, CHiang's army was forced to move to the outer island of china.
One of these outer island is now known as Taiwan.
The great leap forward
In 1958, ZZedong launched the second five year plan.
THis five year plan is known as the great leap forward
The great leap forward is a plan that is an alternative model for the economic growth to the soviet model that was focusing on heavy industry that was changed by others in the Communist Pratry
in this plan, peasants were ordered to work on massive projects and the production of iron and steel
there were a lot of food production that was banned
THi plan lead to a 15% drop in grain production in 1959 and a 25% drop by 1960
Cultural Revolution
Mao feared taht people in his Communist party wanted to replace him.
During this Cultural Revolution, there was a lot of rape, fraud, murder, etc.
Mao wsas very concerned were becoming very estranged and he was worried tha tthey would forget who they were supposed to serave
Corruption was also a concern for Mao Zedong.
Corruptiong - dishonest or fraudulent conducted by those in pwoer.
Mao was more worried about the people in his COmmunist party than he was with the forces outside of his party.
He was afraid they would rebel from him and not serve him and do their on thing.
Cultural Revolution completed communizing of CHina.
Many people thought he should be taken away from power.
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