Mao Communist Revolution Case Study

Mao’s 1949 Communist Revolution marked an era of significant change in China, with goals set in place to enforce social, economic and political changes, which were achieved, however in many cases only achieved to some extent, not to a full extent due to the problems or changes that ensued. Mao’s Communist Revolution of 1949 sought to increase development in agriculture and industry through efforts such as The Great Leap Forward whose consequences resulted in Mao only achieving his economic goals to some extent. Other goals included the change of ideologies from imperialism to communism that, too, was only achieved to some extent before changes were made. Mao’s social goals were achieved through its aim to serve the masses and to remove traces

The primary political goal was to change ideologies of the people from imperialism to communism through techniques such as thought reforms and re-education campaigns that urged people to believe in Mao’s vision of China and socialist ways of thinking, working and living by dedicating themselves to ‘serve the people’ instead of their own self-interest. From 1949, Mao established a communist political system influenced by Marxism, which was altered slightly over the years but still remaining the kind of system he wanted. However, changes made by leaders such as Deng Xiaoping after The Great Leap Forward introduced new right-wing capitalist policies, such as the encouragement of private markets, which would allow the Chinese economy to recover from The Great Leap Forward. These measures were sustained as the policies proved to increase productivity and growth. This threatened Mao’s views of the kind of socialist society he aimed to create and so he and the Communist Part of China (CCP) launched the 1966 Cultural Revolution to bring China back to its ‘pure’ socialist system. From this, it can be seen that Mao’s political goals of the 1949 Communist Revolution were achieved to some extent as a communist system was established. His goal, however, was not achieved to a full extent as changes made by Deng Xiaoping in 1966, changed his creation of a ‘pure’ communist system into a socialist system economically powered by