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Questions on China in an Era of Political Disintegration and Revolution (Pages 456 to 457 of The Human Record)
1) What was the result of the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty over the succeeding four decades? Be specific
2) How did Chinese intellectuals differ in their opinions of how Chinese should react to their country’s predicament?
3) Which revolutionary parties emerged after the fall of the Qing Dynasty headed by which leaders? How did these
parties differ in their ideology and in the segments of Chinese society that supported them?
4) Why did the Communists and Nationalists form an alliance that led to the Northern Expedition? Who led the
Northern Expedition? Why did the alliance fall apart? What was the short term and long term result for the
Communists?
Questions on “The Maoist Version of Marxism” (Pages 457-458)
5) Describe the family background, education, and early career of Mao Zedong.
6) When and how did Mao become involved in forming the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
7) How did Mao’s views on China’s class revolution differ from classic Marxist-Leninism? Where did he summarize
these ideas?
8) Why did Mao and the CCP have to undertake “The Long March” in 1934? Why was this significant for Mao and
the CCP?
Questions on Mao Zedong’s ’s “Report on an investigation of the peasant movement in Hunan” and
“Strategic Problems of China’s Revolutionary War” (pages 458-461)
9) What specific developments in Hunan Province reinforced Mao’s convictions about peasantry as a revolutionary
force?
10) What criticisms had been made of the Hunan peasant movement and how did Mao attempt to counter these
criticisms?
11) What can be learned from these two writings about Mao’s views of the role of the Communist Party in China’s
revolutionary struggle?
12) According to Mao, what have been the sources of oppression of the Chinese people? Once these sources of
oppression are removed, what will China look like?
13) What are the characteristics of Mao’s “active defense” as opposed to “passive defense”?
14) In your opinion, why was Mao’s form of a Communist revolution ultimately successful?