Rise+of+Communist+China

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Policy and tactics are the life of the Party; leading comrades at all levels must give them full attention and must never on any account be negligent -Mao Tse Tung



===** The Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party had emerged as the head leaders wanting to rule china. They had worked together and had taken all of China south of the Yangtze. Tensions between the two parties eventually came up and the Shanghai Massacre shattered the alliance between the two parties.The People’s Liberation Army had made a 6,000 mile trek to the last surviving communist base northwest of China. This was called the Long March. In the meantime Chiang Kai-shek had tried creating his own nation that would have a republican government. **=== ===** A new middle class had begun to form in the cities and Chiang soon set up a “New Life Movement” and did not support the redistribution of wealth. Mao had redistributed land in the hopes that people would work in industry if the food production. It did not increase so the Great Leap Forward was set into action and was a great fail. Mao now faced great oposition within the communist party. he thought that only a permanent revolution could make china overcome every thing from its past and become fully communist. **=== ===** After Mao, China had been under Deng Xiaoping and the government followed a policy called the four policies which focused on the four areas of industry, agriculture, technology, and national defense.despite the achievements, people had strated complaining that the program had failed to achieve a fifth modernization of democracy. **===

__**1.Guerrilla Warfare-**__ this was a tactic used by the People’s Liberation Army (Red Army), this was explained by Mao as “When the enemy advances, we retreat! When the enemy halts and camps, we trouble them! When the enemy tries to avoid battle, we attack! When the enemy retreats, we pursue! __**2.Little Red Book-**__ Quotations of Chairman Mao, this was a book with a collection of Mao’s thoughts and ideas, this book was a huge seller and red aloud in schools __**3.Four Olds-**__ these were old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits, Mao’s people or the Red Guards were set out to destroy these and to spread Cultural Revolution __**4.Armistice-**__ this was signed between North Korea and South Korea, this ended a war and made a demilitarized zone DMZ at the 38th parallel __**5.Gang of Four-**__ these were four radical Chinese leaders during the Cultural Revolution that tried to rise to power after Mao’s death, one of these people included Mao’s wife Madame Mao __**6.Warlords-**__ these were regional military rulers in China, they were defeated by Chiang Kai-shek, which made Chiang Kai-shek the President of Republic of China __**7.Guomindang-**__ this was the Nationalist Political Party, which was founded by SunYat-sen, they believed in the three principles of the People which are, 1 Nationalism, 2 Democracy, 3 peoples livelihood __**8.Chinese Communist Party-**__ CCP, this was formed in 1921 in Shanghai, Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, within the CCP was the People’s Liberation Army or the Red Army __**9.Shanghai Massacre-**__ this happened of April 1927, 1000’s of communist were tortured and killed, this was in part because Chiang Ki Shek wanted to eliminate the Communist Party __**10.Peoples Liberation Army-**__ this was also called the Red Army, this army fought on Mao Zedong’s side and were communists, this army used a warfare tactic called Guerrilla Warfare
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PEOPLE
==== 1.**__Chiang Kai-shek:__** was a political and military leader of 20th-century China, an influential member of the Nationalist Party, a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. led the Northern Expedition to unify the country, becoming China's leader. ====

2.**__Dalai Lama:__** Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others.
==== 3.**__Deng Xiaoping:__** leader of the Communist Party of China, a reformer who led China towards a market economy, never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ==== ==== 4.**__henry Pu-yi:__** was the last Emperor of China, final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, marked the end of centuries of dynastic rule in China, and he is also widely known as The Last Emperor. ==== ==== 5.**__Mao Zedong:__** was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategy maker, political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution. architect and founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from its start and held authority over the nation until he died. ==== ==== 6.**__Henry Kissinger:__** he pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, helped with the opening of relations with the People's Republic of China, and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords, ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. ==== ==== 7.**__President Richard Nixon:__** 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in changing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC ====

8.**__President Harry Truman:__** was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). During World War I, served in combat in France. After the war, he joined the Democratic Party
==== 9.**__Guomindang:__** (GMD) Chinese Nationalist Party, was one of the dominant parties of the early Republic of China, from 1912 and after, and remains one of the main political parties in Taiwan today. ==== ==== 10.**__Red Guards:__** mass paramilitary social movement of young people in the People's Republic of China (PRC), who were mobilized by Mao Zedong, a goal to spread communism throughout china and then the world ==== [|this site tells all about guerilla warefare] [|whitehouse.gov has written a biography on richard nixon] [|whitehouse.gove has written a boigraphy on harry truman] [|a timeline of 50 years in communist china on nytimes.com] [|a brief biography of the dalai lama brought to you by dalailama.com]

[|morning sun describes the red guards and the revolution] [|click here to see mao's little red book] [|nationalists movements in china] [|britannica talks about the chinese communist party] [|time magazine wrote a biography on Mao]