Mao Zedong's Contribution to the Refurbishing of China: A Historical Analysis

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Introduction
The purpose of the following essay is to determine the various issues in the middle of the
twentieth century when Mao Zedong took the responsibility of refurbishing the social, political
and economical condition of China through the latent ideals of communism. The state of China
had emerged as one of the most powerful states in the world and its rise was as a communist
state indeed.1 The communist state of China had faced some economic problems after the year
1949. The ways Mao Zedong wanted to create a proper revolutionary society will be discussed in
this paper. The political history of the state of China had been much violent since the fall of the
Manchu Empire. Mao Zedong did his best to add a new shape to the state of China after 1949.
The power politics had been the most important factor in this scenario indeed.
Violence in the state of China
The republic of China had been facing several problems that had led to the violent
situations within the country. The communists were being largely tortured and the economic
problems were very much common in this time as well. A lot of tumultuous situations had been
going on within the spheres of the country since the inter-state violence was a very common
thing during that time. The Northern Expedition of the KMT leader Chiang Kai-Shek in the year
1928 was also an addition in this list. The torture on the communists came upon in Shanghai and
this was the wakeup call for the communists in the country. The central government was being
overthrown in the year 1928 and Chiang Kai-Shek had established the nationalist government in
Nanjing. The armed rebellion also came up in this context and the Chinese Civil War had begun.
1 Mao, Zedong, and Stuart Schram. Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 4: The Rise and Fall
of the Chinese Soviet Republic, 1931-34: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49. Routledge, 2016.

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Amidst this chaos it was very important for the people of China to get a government that could
establish the peace in the country.2 The situation had even become worse since Japan had
launched attack on China and it was time for China to revert back to Japan. The Imperial
Japanese Army had then invaded China in the year 1937 and all went out of hand indeed. Thus
the fall of the Manchu Empire had brought in a series of mishaps in the country of China and this
had been the result for the major upset that the people were suffering.
Political objectives and strategies of Mao Zedong
The revolutionary changes that have been brought in by Mao Zedong in the Chinese
society have been exemplary indeed. The guerilla tactics that had been employed by Mao
Zedong were much important to save the people of China. Mao was a born revolutionary and he
always stressed on the fact that both life and warfare were the same thing. This is why it was
very important to convince the Chinese people that they really had to get out of that situation as
soon as possible. According to some critics, the Chinese way of thinking could be applied to this
situation indeed. The life for the Maoists could be full of hardships, transactions, various
encounters or problems being created between the two unequal sides. These things indeed are
very much important for the organization and this would be highly interesting for the benefit of
the Chinese people who have been living in the chaotic country environments.3 The thinking
2 Moise, Edwin E. Modern China. Routledge, 2013.
3 Teiwes, Frederick C. Leadership, legitimacy, and conflict in China: From a charismatic Mao to the politics of
succession. Routledge, 2017.