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The Guomindang had competition in trying to reform China with the Communist Party, and the needed help from the CCP to defeat them.
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Mao was one of the twelve founders of the Chinese
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Guamindong leader Shang kai shek got mad at communists for trying to foment socialist revolution
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The lond March lasted 368 days, averaging 24 miles a day and only 44 rest days
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His views were largely accepted in the military sphere, while change was slower on political issues, and in organizational terms he had not yet gained the top party post
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Japanese destroy small Chinese city of Nanking to make sure that troops didn’t pillage local land
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Students and intellectuals were sent down into the countryside to give them a taste of real China and to re-educate them
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This socialist transformation was thought to triumph over all ideologies, and following the First Five-Year Plan based on a Soviet-style centrally controlled economy, Mao took on the ambitious project of the Great Leap Forward, beginning an unprecedented process of collectivization in rural areas
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Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China; Chiang retreated to Taiwan . He retreated because he wasn't liked after his step down.
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28,332 people were accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries and executed
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Results of the 5-year plan were industry increasing 121% more than projected, living standards inmproved, population grew to 656 million, kept inflation in check
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The main result was that 20 million people died because of it
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Young kids were given power to destroy tradition. They were called the Red Guard.
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Mao swam a lot, and he was good at not sinking.
