Revolutions and the Modern World Short Paper 2 (China's case)

How were the strategies and policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in tune – or out of tune – with the social experiences and political aspirations of “the people” they claimed to represent? How well did the party’s revolution fit with the views, interests, and needs of key groups in the population at large? Take a specific position on this question, for one of the wfollowing five contexts: the Jiangxi and Yan’an Base Areas (1929-1947); the Civil War and anti-Japanese resistance (1927-1949); the foundation of the People’s Republic (1949-1957); the Great Leap Forward (1957-1961); or the Cultural Revolution (1965-1969).

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