WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After Mao took power, he encouraged attacks on land owners and abandoned what belief system that China had used for thousands of years?
A
Communism
B
Capitalism
C
Confucianism
D
Christianity
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: -On 1 October 1949, Mao formally proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China. The Communist victory had a major impact on the global balance of power: China became the largest socialist state by population, and, after the 1956 Sino-Soviet split, a third force in the Cold War.

Detailed explanation-3: -Starting in 1970, the economy entered into a period of stagnation, and after the death of Mao Zedong, the Communist Party leadership decided to abandon Maoism and turn to market-oriented reforms to salvage the stagnant economy. The Communist Party authorities carried out the market reforms in two stages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following Mao’s death in September 1976, Deng outmaneuvered the late chairman’s chosen successor Hua Guofeng and became China’s de facto paramount leader in December 1978 at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee.

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