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He developed his ideology under Yang Changji and Li Dazhao. His focus on the importance of peasants was different from mainstream Marxism.
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Mao Zedong is one of the 12 delegates. (Picture from http://www.chinatoday.com/org/cpc/cpc_1st_congress_standing_polibureau.htm)
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"Mao Zedong Thought" becomes the primary source of authority. (Picture from http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/mao-zedong-becomes-chinese-head-state)
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Foot binding, arranged marriages, and child betrothals were now forbidden. (Picture from http://chineseposters.net/themes/marriage-law.php)
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Peasants were encouraged to overthrow their landlords; over 2 million landlords were killed. (Picture from http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub5/item73.html)
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All political parties except the CCP are banned. (Picture from https://aconservativesmusings.com/category/china/)
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A movement to lift restrictions on freedom of thought and speech (Picture from https://www.preceden.com/timelines/47493-chinese-history--engaging-asia--gabby-)
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Mao wanted build up China to be a greater power than the U.S. or Soviet Union. To do this he believed China should stand on "two legs"-- industry and agriculture.
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Mao wanted to cleanse politics, the economy, the organization, and the ideology of the people to be better conformed with his. (Picture from http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub6/item68.html)
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"The Little Red Book" was a selected group of speeches and quotes from Mao himself. (Picture from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/504543964476046455/)
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(Picture from http://www.bestchinanews.com/History/128.html)
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Mao wanted to purge any Western ideas and influences to purify his Communist ideology.
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The 'barefoot doctors' were trained in six months and could perform basic treatments; they were primarily sent to work with peasants. (Picture from https://chinachange.org/tag/barefoot-doctor/)
