WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

RISE OF CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who did Mao believe would drive the Chinese revolution?
A
the urban working class
B
imperialists
C
nationalists
D
peasants
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Communist organizer. Believed Chinese revolution would be driven by the peasants and not the urban working class. Fought against the more powerful Kai-shek army and used guerrilla tactics.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the CCP, Mao helped to found the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, led the Jiangxi Soviet’s radical land reform policies, and ultimately became head of the CCP during the Long March.

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