Shortly after the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Guomindang or Kuomindang, succeeded Chiang Kai-shek in 1924. More seriously than that, communism rose to great heights in China. Led by Mao Zedong, the communist parties became a major threat to the government of Kai-shek and his Guomindang. Also in World War II, when the Japanese military conquered Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. they constantly looked at each other, even for a time entering into an alliance to exterminate the common enemy.
Finally, after the war, Chiang and Mao continued their civil war, with Mao forced to retreat. He had marched his troops for six miles, called the Long March, in which many of his men had perished. Those who survived, however, assisted Zedong in consolidating a strong communist power, which at the time the Guomindang won, forced Chiang to operate from Taiwan. With his new power, Mao officially established the People’s Republic of China.
Like Dr. Sun before him, Chiang was a nationalist, and therefore opposed the May Fourth Movement, which worked to introduce Chinese citizens to Western influence. Chiang and Sol believed that this movement would corrupt the youth of China. Chiang was also anti-capitalist, indicating that he was against those who were greedy and regardless of the wealth of the people or the government. In fact, Chiang issued money to capitalists to pay money for the government. Chiang was also anti-communist, of course, and he punished communist aides to get Mao and his policies into China, even using gangster connections to force communist civilians to support him, though this support eventually faded. Overall, Chiang was thought of as a controversial leader, unlike his predecessor, who was generally well-liked and did not see the Guomindang’s vision of China fully-independent throughout, but still fully independent of other Guomindang and non-communists. citizens
Mao Zedong was to establish the current machinery of the Chinese government, the People’s Republic of China. Mao was a supporter of the “five-year plan”, which was enacted as soon as it was introduced in 1943. The five-year plans were used to develop the economy through agricultural and industrial reforms, with money from wealthy citizens. and good peasants to pay money. Those who did not want to pay the money, in meetings organized by Mao and other communists, especially after the failure of the Great Exile instituted, along with the five-year plans to increase the agricultural power decided in 1960. This was indeed one thing that happened under Mao’s rule, so that not everyone agreed, which proves that he was also a controversial leader, even though he benefited from the rule of other communities. After Mao’s death in 1976, the government made a leap into a better People’s Republic of China, which based itself not only on the ideas of communism.
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong were both completely different and completely similar in their ways. Despite the controversy surrounding them at times, two of China’s top leaders undoubtedly helped shape the nation into what it has become today. Both lead formidable forces, which both against and alongside China’s rich modern history have contributed to each other, and both have proved that they have a vision of a perfect nation through the establishment of regional governments. Today, the People’s Republic of China is making leaps and bounds in society all thanks to the ideas of the great leaders of the past, such as Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek of the Communist Party and the Guomindang.
