Why Did The Communist Party Come To Power In China

Submitted By jgalick
Words: 779
Pages: 4
Open Document
The Communist party was able to come to power in China because the people supported it. However, when the Communist party began attacking landlords, intellectuals, and anyone they believed to be anti-communist, the Chinese people who were once supporting the communist party because it worked to help all mankind, now found themselves supporting the Communist party because they felt they had no choice. Many were worried that someone who disliked them would blame them of being anti-communist, or that if they stood up for something they would be punished. The people of China slowly became wary of the terror that Communism brought to their streets.
The Communist party also remained too dependent on the Soviet Union. When Mao came into power, he “adopted the Soviet model rather than building a new order based upon peasant experience or the needs of Chinese agriculture.” (The Mao Regime, 450) Again, the Communist party was forgetting who brought them to power, the peasants. The party should have worked harder to remember the small people that brought them to power, rather than working so hard to become one of the bigger people. The Soviet model was not for China, it was for the Soviet Union and China would have benefited from deriving their own model instead of mimicking another. As a result, the urban population ended up benefiting the most from the Communist changes. Moa also pushed too hard for big reforms to happen quickly. He pushed the collectivization of farmland in China and lost many supporters who were not ready for the move. The Great Leap Forward was another one of Mao’s strong pushes for reform. He wanted industrialization; he wanted China to be the best at it. So, he developed backyard furnaces to push an increase in steel production. He also developed communes to increase agriculture in China. And with this move to communes, he announced that China “was on the verge of communism.” (The Mao Regime, 451) This caused a falling out with Russia and even almost a war. All of these moves were bad on Mao’s part. Agriculture dropped because of the communes and everyone was too scared to tell their authority figures of the decrease in food until it was too late and China faced a deathly famine. On top of this, the backyard furnaces were not even very useful. Most of the steel produced in them was useless. And through it all, China lost the support of the Soviet Union: the country that had taught them the reforms that got China where it was. But Mao was making too much of an effort to pass the Soviet Union up, instead of realizing where the countries strength was coming from. As a result Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi put forth an idea for more moderate movement towards communism. One that Mao and the people of China could have benefited from. But Mao was not one to accept defeat, so instead of accepting the reforms he accused them of
Show More

Related Documents: Why Did The Communist Party Come To Power In China

Political Cartoons Vietnam War Essay

is snipping of the tentacles of Ho Chi Minh to stop its seizure of Vietnam through Air Strikes.Also,the drawer of the cartoon is trying to show that the US is doing a great job fighting communism. The audience are the US citizens and the outcome is to have protesters of the Vietnam War to change their mindset about what is happening in Vietnam. The person being made fun of is Ho Chi MInh because the drawer is obviously not a big fan of communism control and by cutting off Ho Chi Minh’s tentacles…

Words 334 - Pages 2

Tai Chi Chu Ancient Chinese Exercise

Tai Chi Chuan, (pronounced tie chee chew-wan),or more commonly known as Tai Chi translates to “supreme ultimate fist” or “supreme ultimate boxing” is an ancient Chinese exercise which was originally used as a form of martial arts, it is also very popular in Chinese culture and is slowly influencing the western culture through media. Scutti Susan an online journalist said, “Tai Chi has been practised for much longer than four hundred years, it is believed whether or not its exact origin can be determined…

Words 1365 - Pages 6

Rupaul's Drag Culture Analysis

Today if you ask someone in the states what they know about Drag, you will probably get one of three answers. Either they’re completely immersed in Drag culture, they know nothing about it, or they’ve heard and or watched an episode or two of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The latter being the most common response due to the growing popularity of RuPaul’s Drag Race in the mainstream culture now reaching 800,000+ viewers. Before RuPaul Andre Charles was born in San Diego in 1960, a psychic told his pregnant…

Words 842 - Pages 4

National Anthem Kneeling

fighting for our flag and our freedom overseas. The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, agrees with the people that is is important to respect our flag. “Like many of our fans, we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem. It is an important moment in our game. We want to honor our flag and our country, and our fans expect that of us”(Goodell). To go along with respect, a political cartoon (8) shows a veteran in a wheelchair next to a NFL player. The veteran says, “Speaking of taking…

Words 448 - Pages 2

Vietnam War Negatives

The Vietnam war was a very confusing situation because people didn't know what to believe. There were definitely both positive and negative aspects, however most were negative. The United States didn't want other nations to fall to communism due to the domino theory, but was it worth bombing and killing civilians or worth soldiers fighting for a cause and no being acknowledged for what they did. The worst part was that while all this was going on, the government wanted people to believe this was…

Words 630 - Pages 3

Chris Brown Tragic Hero Essay

fulfills most of the criteria of a tragic hero due to his rise to fame and obtaining a high stature, his tragic flaw of aggression and his improved self-awareness and self-knowledge of his actions. To be a tragic hero, one must be of noble/high stature. Chis Brown had achieved a status of high stature by a young age. After signing with Jive Records at the age of 15, he stormed the Pop and R&B charts with his self-titled debut album, eventually selling 3 million copies worldwide. (www.biography.com) He…

Words 635 - Pages 3

Proposal To Chinese Spring Festival Celebration Danny Essay

lunisolar calendar. Each Chinese Spring Festival stands for one of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. In China, people celebrate each spring festival through a wide range of activities such as hanging up “Fu” ((red paper cut crafts), making “Nian Ye Fan” (a big reunion family dinner), and holding arts events and shows. 3 In recent years, an increasing amount of Chinese students apply for post-secondary education in Canada. Since there are two prestigious universities in Waterloo, the increasing…

Words 1389 - Pages 6

Essay about South Korea

they had was Mae Sil Jang a Ji. This is dried Japanese apricot with sugar. This dish tends to be both sweet and sour and you have to have an acquired taste to be able to eat a serving. Bae Chu Kim Chi, otherwise known as just Kim Chi, is something that is known here in the United States. Kim Chi is cabbage that is covered in red pepper paste, sealed, and put somewhere dark for a few months in order to marinate. I was shocked with the amount of food that was on the table. The only time I have…

Words 1476 - Pages 6

What Is Mao's Last Dancer

Dancer is set throughout China and the United States of America. The film is based upon Li Cunxin’s life and shows anything is possible if you work for it. The film begins in Houston Texas in 1981; Li Cunxin is greeted at the airport by many excited fans. Li is staying with Houston Ballet teacher Ben Stevenson for three months. Li finds it hard to fit into the American way of life and thinks of what his life back in China was like. Li’s flashbacks show how badly the young children were treated in China…

Words 612 - Pages 3

History Of Shanghainese

you were a fly on the wall, was the beginning of a ritual to pass to another generation the dialect known as Shanghainese. All conversation within the house was spoken in Shanghainese. For comparison, in Mandarin the question would be asked "ni fan chi guo le ma?" More than just the description of a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region which is rich in pure vowels that separates itself from Mandarin and Cantonese by it stops or affricates, Shanghainese…

Words 639 - Pages 3