WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

RISE OF CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mao believed that if the government controlled industry, poverty would end and everyone would be equal.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People’s Republic of China.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Leap Forward was a five-year economic plan executed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party, begun in 1958 and abandoned in 1961. The goal was to modernize the country’s agricultural sector using communist economic ideologies.

Detailed explanation-3: -For consolidation of Chinese economy, he solely focused on agrarian reforms. Agrarian reforms such as the five years plan (1953-57) and the agrarian reforms of 1959 were the main steps which were initially taken by Mao.

Detailed explanation-4: -At a time when the strategy of the Chinese Communist Party was based on urban workers, Mao advocated a revolution based on the peasantry, especially poor peasants. He emphasized that violent and ritualistic struggle was the most effective method of striking against class enemies.

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