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The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the Chinese military.
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Mao introduced land reforms and the first Five Year Plan started in 1953.
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The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy.It was a huge failure.
China’s economy actually experienced negative growth.
As a result there was not enough food for the country.
18 million to 45 million people died.
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After the Great Leap Forward, Mao was unpopular.
The Cultural Revolution was Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government.
This was a time of very little freedom in China -
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 09, 1976, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.
