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To: brian h who wrote (56557)	11/27/2004 1:08:52 PM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Yeah, that's ok, there is plenty of your types who don't even know own's inner core. So, that's cool, whatever you say for your peace of mind. Keep cool, dude! Just don't ever be like this Chai Vang guy though. story.news.yahoo.com

To: brian h who wrote (56557)	11/27/2004 5:19:17 PM
From: brian h	Respond to of 74559

Do you know these facts about your beloved Mao's program? :-) encyclopedia.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The civil war continued after war with Japan had ended, and in 1949, after the Communists had taken almost all of mainland China, Mao became chairman of the central government council of the newly established People's Republic of China; he was reelected to the post, the most powerful in China, in 1954. In an attempt to break with the Russian model of Communism and to imbue the Chinese people with renewed revolutionary vigor, Mao launched (1958) the Great Leap Forward . The program was a failure, 20 million people starved, and Mao withdrew temporarily from public view. The failure of this program also resulted in a break with the Soviet Union, which cut off aid. Mao accused Soviet leaders of betraying Marxism. In 1959 Liu Shaoqi , an opponent of the Great Leap Forward, replaced Mao as chairman of the central government council, but Mao retained his chairmanship of the Communist party politburo. A campaign to reestablish Mao's ideological line culminated in the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Mass mobilization, begun and led by Mao and his wife, Jiang Qing , was directed against the party leadership. Liu and others were removed from power in 1968. In 1969 Mao reasserted his party leadership by serving as chairman of the Ninth Communist Party Congress, and in 1970 he was named supreme commander of the nation and army. The cultural revolution group continued its campaigns until Mao's death in Sept., 1976. A month later its leaders were purged and Mao's surviving opponents, led by Deng Xiaoping , slowly regained power, pushing aside Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng , and erasing the cult surrounding Mao. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Do you need more? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ geocities.com Relations with the USSR deteriorated rapidly in 1957 and 58; Krushchev accused Mao of straying from true Marxist doctrine. In 1960, Russian technicians and economic aid were withdrawn and the Russians accused the Chinese of wanting to start a nuclear war. China responded by attempting to form a third world superpower by aligning other communist Asian nations, but this was largely a failure. Instead of continuing the Five Year Plan that had succeeded from 1953-7, Mao decided on a far more ambitious ‘Great Leap Forward’. Mao wanted to do in a decade what Russia had done in four. By the end of 1958 he had succeeded in driving almost the entire population into ‘communes’, organised, self-governing and self sufficient groups of 5 000 to 10 000 households. In rural areas 26 000 communes replaced the 750 000 collectives already in place. Soon urban communes were abandoned as impractical, but efforts to make rural communes work were far more wholehearted. Families were forced into military-type lifestyles, women were compulsory participants in communal work, hours were long and meal breaks were short. It has been spoken of as ‘the three bitter years’, however, the failure was never fully acknowledged to save face with Russia. For the first time since 1935, Mao was demoted from the top job, replaced by Liu Shao-chi. In 1960 farmers returned to the previous system of collectives; communes remained as administrative centres. In 1962 a third Five Year Plan was forged. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ More...... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The "Great Leap Forward" was Mao’s plan to make China more industrialized and socialized immediately. Mao was serious when he meant immediately, so much that he declared that China should catch up with prosperous England within fifteen years. The result of this event, which was intended to instill the idea of pure communism, was a tragic disaster, which plagued the country for decades (Leibo 26). Mao wanted to industrialize without urbanizing, and by working harder, increase the countries grain harvest by nearly double (Wilson 369). Peasants were required to give a certain amount of grain to the government. Many peasants falsified grain production and thus a huge disaster occurred. A huge famine struck China and thirty million peasants and citizens died (Mactas 1). The Great Leap Forward changed the political and economic life of twenty percent of the world, six hundred million people, or one hundred twenty million families all in one year (Frost 3). The Great leap Forward was followed by another disaster The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Mactas 3). ccds.charlotte.nc.us ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++