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¶ … Chinese History
Compare and contrast Mao's ideal of China to the variety sought by Deng Xiaoping. What advantages and disadvantages did the Maoist system have? What advantages did the Dengist system have?
Chairman Mao and Deng Xiaoping were two of the most influential leaders of modern Chinese history. Both men believed that they were acting in the best interest of their citizens but had vastly different ways of pursuing this goal. Each man was a member of the Chinese Communist party and built and government system based on Marxist teachings. However the two men had different ideas about what it meant to have a Communist regime and the types of policies which would best suit the needs of the people.
Chairman Mao led China during the period of Communist revolution. He completely revitalized the political, economic, cultural, and...
Mao's policies were concerned with the social policy of Communism. He believed in this policy. After Mao was first appointed head of the now-Communist China, he implored all of the people of the country to take equal responsibility for the recent revolution and to take credit for it as well (China 1997). This was the first step in creating what he felt was a joined national identity. China had a history of being colonized and terrorized by warring factions from around the globe. Part of the reason for this, he argued was the China was disjointed and separate. Only by uniting sociologically into one mass group did the country have a chance of avoiding similar instances of colonization and war later on.
Although there were positive components to this mode of government, there were assuredly negatives as well. For instance,…
Works Cited:
"China: From Mao to Deng." (1997). International Socialist Review. 1.
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