Mao Zedong's Failure Of Communism In The United States

Mao ZeDong is one of the greatest leaders in the history of New China. The influence of Mao’s theory is profound and lasting. He is a great thinker, poet, and a highly intelligent military strategist. Under his leadership and the actions he performed during The Long March, Chinese Civil War then defeating the Kuomintang Party to built the New China are the main epic episodes. Mao ZeDong's extravagant actions made two of the many changes to China. They are the shift from a capitalist system to a socialist system and the achievement of China's independence against Japanese imperialism (Somo, 2013a). The influence of Mao’s theory has been widespread to the world up until this day. Especially, in the countries of the third world have

Under Mao Zedong, China experienced profound social and economic changes. Industry increased, prostitution and opium use was reduced, and many experienced an increase in social standing as land was redistributed to the peasants, prior to collectivization. But many of the policies that were enacted had negative, even disastrous consequences, which were never properly apologized for or rectified. In 1981, 5 years after Mao’s death, the Chinese Communist Party stated that Mao was essentially 70% good and 30% bad. But Mao’s disconnect from the actualities of his policies, paranoia towards his status in the Party and his public image, and lack of foresight in regards to the consequences of his decisions had extreme ramifications on China that not only led to the death of millions, but fundamentally undermined legitimacy of the government. Through the specific policies of the Hundred Flowers campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution, Mao’s lack of understanding of his actions, and his poor treatment of those who criticized him are very apparent. And while not all of Mao’s policies and actions were disastrous, his errors outweighed his merits. In actuality, Mao’s actions were more likely 80% bad and 20% good.

A line of thousands of Chinese communists hiked up the mountains of Northern China. The years of struggle and harsh life they lived did not deter these fighters. Their goal was to create a better future for the common Chinese citizen by using communism; something which their leader called “a hammer which we use to crush our enemies.” He stayed true to his word. This bold and charismatic leader was at the head of a mass revolution in which China was forever changed. He led a movement which transformed China into the powerful and influential nation which they had never envisioned for themselves. This man’s name was Mao Zedong. Mao’s actions drove forward the process in which he turned both his nation and himself into world leaders.

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Paper 3: World History 102, Kayla Murray Gains and Cost of Communism in the Soviet Union and China Communism first emerged during WWI when Russia decided to pull out of the war in 1917 due to a revolutionary upheaval led by the Bolsheviks. When the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seized power, they were devoted into putting an end to the war and promised equality and abundance for all. Many people followed this idea, including China thirty years later, which was led by Mao Zedong. There were many gains and costs in the efforts to build communism in the Soviet Union and China in the 20th century.

When people hear the name “Mao Zedong”, they immediately think of a stubby communist dictator responsible for the death of millions. Although many of his reforms failed and millions died, many argue that he his “good” outweigh his “bad”. He saved the ailing nation of China, molding it to the nation it is today.

The Sino-Soviet split, occurring during the time 1960-1989, was the decline of political and ideological relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the Cold War. China and the USSR were seen as the two largest communist states in the world during the 1960’s. The Chinese and Soviet national interests, and the governments' different interpretations of Marxism–Leninism was a resulting of the doctrinal separation.

To understand why unlike the Soviet Union’s political system, China’s is not near collapse, one must first understand why and how the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) collapsed, resulting in the collapse of the Soviet Union itself. After the October Revolution, the CPSU adopted Leninism as the main party ideology, and moved swiftly to adopt socialist changes. However, as Lenin’s health declined, his main supporters, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky, began fighting amongst themselves. Stalin won, forcing Trotsky into exile, and after Lenin’s death, began implementing a series of policies known as Stalinism to solidify his totalitarian rule. Partly influenced by fascism, Stalin promoted the cult of personality

At first these plans along with an extremely ingenious propaganda campaign stirred great optimism and productivity within the Chinese people, but as years went by the initial flare and excitement went out and few of these promises, reforms and goals had been reached. In some cases the promises were lies. The real actions of the Communist party showed quite a different picture than the lie of democracy that it was feeding the people. The new government never was a democratic one. As a matter of fact it was a dictatorship controlled by the China’s Communist Party (CCP). Throughout the years the communist government consistently and cruelly suppressed any attempts for the country’s democratization.

In order to see a United Nations that allowed open discussion of world issues, the Republican and Democrat United States delegates had to be united in their proposals and opinions at all times. The United States Delegates during the San Francisco Conference worked for a United Nations that could not necessarily exercise military or economic power, but moral power and the power of a global opinion: as Senator Vandenberg explained, it would be the “Town Meeting of the world.” These principles offended the Soviet Union’s idea that the strongest nations should rule over the weaker ones, but they especially fought over the terms of the Security Council and the General

China has been a communist country since the communist revolution took place in 1949, since then China has been ruled by the dictator Mao Tse-Tung. However the Chinese dictator died in September 1976, he was hailed abroad as one of the worlds’ great leaders. Certainly one of the more impressive aspects of the Chinese communist government, has been the willingness of the people to protest against it (3, pg. 4).

Today, it is the United States, Russia, and China. These three countries are policymakers and economic shapers. Their influence ripples around the world. Their combined military power is unparallel. It is hard to imagine even one of them willing to relinquish or limit their power within the United Nations. This is the heart of the reformation controversy. However, this world is different than the world of yesterday. Today, new threats and realities have changed the world’s perception of peace and security. Diseases such as the Zika virus and Ebola, international terrorism, nuclear weapons, and climate change are just a few of the new global issues to which the Security Council must attend ("As Nature of New Threats Evolves"). It is vital that the superpowers of today work together and adapt to change. All members of the UN need to promote solidarity among each other so new challenges can be overcome and international peace and security can be safeguarded. The core values of the UN are ingrained in the values of the United States. After all, it did evolve from the Atlantic Charter created by a US President. The world is a dangerous place and as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in his 1941 State of the Union address, “The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society” (Roosevelt). And that is precisely what the United Nations was created to

There are three members of the P5 in the Security Council that can be closely linked to the failure in Rwanda by the United Nations. It was very evident that aid could have been sent in because troops were sent into Rwanda to evacuate foreign expatriates, but the severe lack of political will to volunteer in order to protect Rwandan civilians became very apparent. (8) The first nation state that can be linked to this failure is the United States of America. Because of the failure that the United Nations had had in Somalia, the US had very little intention of entering another mission that did not meet their national or geopolitical interest. Once it was decided that a mission needed to be sent into Rwanda, both the United States and the United Kingdom advocated for the least expensive force that could be mustered, and these economic shortcomings ended up proving incredibly fatal. (8) Boutros Boutros-Ghali requested that 5000 troops be sent into Rwanda, but the United States then advocated strongly again

In 1949 Mao Zedong and his Communist Party defeated Chiang Kai-shek and his National Party for control over China. While Mao controlled China until his death in 1976, Kai-shek and his followers fled where and established a new government?

In 1949 a powerful communist leader by the name of Mao Zedong came to power based on his idea for a, “Great Leap Forward.” This idea was meant to bring China’s economy into the twentieth century. He had assembled a revolutionary government using traditional Chinese ideals of filial piety, harmony, and order. Mao's cult of personality, party purges, and political policies reflect Mao's esteem of these traditional Chinese ideals and history. However, the product of this revolution created a massive national shortage in vital materials and initiated a wide scale famine to China’s people (Gabriel).