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Communists In China

Why were the Communists able to come to power in China?




The Communists were able to come to power principally because of the policies and actions used by the Guomindang of which the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) took advantage. However in addition to this, there were also significant factors such as the conditions during the beginning of the twentieth century complications in the republic China and the Japanese War (1937-45), which led to the vulnerability and insufficiency of the GMD during the Civil War. Their leader, Chiang Kai-shek, lost the support of the majority, mainly peasants and intellectuals, to the CCP, which contributed to their success in war, and he was no longer able to continue dictating China. In combination with GMD's actions, Mao Zedong, the communist leader was able to take over and declare, the by then already united nation, the Peoples Republic of China.



The discontent in China was rooted in problems, which arose......


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