Mao

Mao focused on the peasant populations of China. Stating that because they were the majority, they had the power. This can be seen in his adaptation of Marxism and how he altered it to fit China and the people he was trying to reach. He believed that since they were the majority, they should have the power. He was a communist and wanted everything to be equal for all people, weather it be rights or economic status. In order to be revolutionized, the country must root out and obliterate all things that represent the old ways so that the new order can come into effect.

Report on Hunan by Mao-
 * Peasants are powerful because there are millions
 * Revolutions must be bloody, violent, and horrific in order to get rid of the established power.
 * He encouraged class divisions and warfare between the country and the city.
 * Enemies-
 * Warlords- create chaos, personal power
 * Corrupt officials- KMT not fulfilling promises (livelihood & democracy)
 * Imperialists-
 *  Local tyrants- The government did not check these groups which allowed for the power bases to continue to rule.
 *  Evil gentry- They could still function because they were never taken down.
 * "It's Terrible"
 * Country(peasants took over) vs. city(thinks this is bad)
 * Peasant's historic mission to end feudalism.
 * Feudalism leads to autocratic government- corruption, warlords, inequality, imperialism
 * City people say it is terrible
 * They benefit from traditional power bases--- wealth allows them to live a normal life, but they are not affected by the poor.

Intra KMT civil wars in 28-31 and major Japanese assaults after 31 gave CCP remnants a chance to rebuild Those who had survived purges had gone into hiding in the cities or hills in southern China, where Mao Tse-tung collected about 10000 escapes in the winter 27-28 Mao
 * Son of prosperous farmer
 * Normal school education
 * Library assistant in Peking U during May Fourth movement
 * Founder of CCP and organized peasants during northern expedition
 * With assistance of Chu The - father of Chinese Red Army, Mao developed a guerilla army and soviet style government
 * Wrote extensively - Mao applied Marxist ideas to underdeveloped agricultural areas
 * "Since the communists were hiding out in an economically backward area that contained no industries and therefore had no proletariat, Mao abandoned traditional Marxist concepts of reliance on the urban proletariat as the core of the revolution and turned to the poor peasantry of China's revolutionary vanguard.
 * Mao's modifications would give Marxism an impact on unindustrialized areas - since most of the world was still populated by peasants