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Didn't they start to succeed immediately with Mao (mass education, elimination of war-lords, expelling of foreign powers, etc.), and aren't the further successe
by calderknight 3y ago
Didn't they start to succeed immediately with Mao (mass education, elimination of war-lords, expelling of foreign powers, etc.), and aren't the further successes you mention only possible due to Mao's achievements?
- robertlagrant 3y ago> aren't the further successes you mention only possible due to Mao's achievements? No - Mao isn't a prerequisite. A global system to latch on to is.
- dudeinjapan 3y ago"Expelling of foreign powers" (i.e. Japan) happened due to WWII ending and China being allied with the winning side. As for the others, these are modernization/consolidation of power which don't require Marxism to happen. Whether the KMT or someone else could have achieved these without a "Great Leap Forward" (30~45 million dead) is another question, but I think the answer is "probably".