Mao Zedong and the People’s Republic of China

Many today believe that China is on its way to becoming one of the world’s top superpowers. Increased diplomatic talks with the United States and its recent admission into the World Trade Organization only emphasize its growing political and economic importance. According to an article in TIME Magazine: “the People's Republic is the buzz of all Asia as a candidate superpower of the next century.” All this from a country that at the beginning …

…fundamentally reformed, and this needed to be done with the support of its population. Mao Zedong took a revolutionary idea, namely Marxism, and modified it to fit China’s unique culture. He also helped his party survive both ideologically and militarily, through the many hardships it faced. Mao Zedong saw his party from its very beginnings, through its trials and triumphs, and finally to the realization of its goal: a strong, united, and Communist China.