Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong)
Mao’s China
· Tradition in China gave new rulers “mandate from heaven”
· Democratic Centralism – Total obedience to the leader (Leninist policy)
· The first year plan (5 year plan) – Some aid from the USSR, emphasis on heavy industry.
· Like Russia there was a form of collectivization call APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
· Tradition in China gave new rulers “mandate from heaven”
· Democratic Centralism – Total obedience to the leader (Leninist policy)
· The first year plan (5 year plan) – Some aid from the USSR, emphasis on heavy industry.
· Like Russia there was a form of collectivization call APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
Mao came to dominate the awareness of the Chinese people.