Mao’s China, 1949-1958
•Tradition in China gave new rulers “Mandate from Heaven”
-Thought he was out there from God
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan ( 5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
-Want to become a world power by producing more
•Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
-Thought he was out there from God
•Democratic Centralism - Total obedience to the leader (Leninist model)
•The First Plan ( 5 year plan) - Some aid from USSR, Emphasis on heavy industry
-Want to become a world power by producing more
•Like Russia there was a form of collectivization called APC’s (Agricultural Producer Co-Operatives)
Summary: Mao believed he was sent from God and planned to increase heavy industry in China similar to what Rusia had done. Their form of collectivization was called Agricultural Producer Co-operatives.
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history."-Mao