Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong)
Mao’s China, 1949-1958
•Tradition in China gave new rulers “Mandate from Heaven”
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan (5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
•Tradition in China gave new rulers “Mandate from Heaven”
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan (5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
Question: What made Mao think that the Five Year Plan would be successful?
Summary: Mao was the founder of CCP and became the ruler of China (Chairman Mao). He felt that he was a given a "Mandate from Heaven" and that all obedience was given to him. Dictatorship.
Like previous ruler Stalin, Mao brought forth the 5 year plan and formed collectivization (like Russia)
Like previous ruler Stalin, Mao brought forth the 5 year plan and formed collectivization (like Russia)