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The Soviet-Yugoslavia conflict in 1948 had signaled that Stalin would not tolerate alternative socialist path and the Soviet Union remained dominant in the socialist world. After Stalin's death in 1953, however, the pressure from the Soviet Union lessened, yet Mao still had not put forward the use of Mao Zedong Though publicly because of the ...
[262] [263] Mao's insurgency strategies continue to be used by insurgents, and his political ideology continues to be embraced by many Communist organisations around the world. [ 264 ] In 1978, the classroom of a kindergarten in Shanghai putting up portraits of then-Chairman Hua Guofeng and former Chairman Mao Zedong
From 1962 onwards, the challenge to the Soviet hegemony in the world communist movement made by the CCP resulted in various divisions in communist parties around the world. At an early stage, the Albanian Party of Labour sided with the CCP. [ 54 ]
The East wind prevails over the West wind [1] (Chinese: 东风压倒西风; pinyin: dōngfēng yādǎo xīfēng), [2] alternatively translated as the east wind overwhelms the west wind, [3] the East wind is prevailing over the West wind, or socialism will prevail over capitalism, [4] is a slogan coined by Mao Zedong [5] in the early 1950s, when he referred to the east wind as the socialist ...
Mao further develops the theme laid out in On Contradiction in his 1957 speech On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People. Mao describes existence as being made up of constant transformation and contradiction. Nothing is constant as in metaphysics and can only exist based on opposing contradictions. He uses the concept of ...
The speech opens with an allegory that compares the CCP to an aging man. At 28, Mao states the childhood of the communist party in China is over and that one day the party itself will cease to exist, as an old man dies. He argues that political parties only exist as instruments of class struggle, meaning that when classes disappear, so will the ...
The "secret speech" in 1956 stunned the communist world. China rejected de-Stalinization and in fact displayed large Stalin portraits at the May Day celebrations that year. Mao declared that despite some faults, Stalin had basically been a good, well-meaning Marxist. He felt that the Soviets were not treating China as an equal partner.
However, Mao was concerned with its radicalism, so in late 1967 the group was outlawed on conspiracy and anarchism charges, followed by the arrest of most Cultural Revolution Group members (except Jiang Qing). Mao became increasingly frustrated with the Red Guards' perceived inability to cooperate, which was the ongoing cause of constant violence.