Mao Tse Tung: Hero Or Villain?

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It is difficult to fathom that a poor Chinese boy growing up in a farming family achieved one of the most influential roles in China even memorable today. Mao Tse Tung or Mao Zedong did precisely that, by leading the Chinese Republic with the Communist party principles referred as Maoism (Townsend 1066). Maoism, a form of anarchy, was in opposition to the Western principles attributed the President of the United Province Sun-Yat-sen with the Republican state government (Rapp Ch. 6). By this, Tung rejected capitalism, class differences, and individual freedom of the Chinese people. Thus, Tung maintains villain principles as his participation in the Great Lead Forward, and the cultural revolution dominated the weaker Chinese class while advancing his power. There are many reasons that Mao Tse Tong is labeled as a villain. The first is that Great Leap forward in 1958 which was the initial plan to increase the economic and agricultural output failed. That is because the plan entailed the meeting of masses with most the participants less fortunate farming government lands while avoiding nurturing their lands. For instance, …show more content…

For example, reports constructed by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) neglected to involve Tong the decision-maker in foreign policy (Li 393). In other words, he/she avoided Tong who disavowed peace with other imperial countries. Thereby, discrediting the active participant of the CCP Shaogi to align with the west for peace. As such the villain in Tong was his control over China. Even so, if Tong represented the lower class and spoke to equalize social classes, he lacked empathy that overruled his urgency to overcome constituents (Shaoqi) and ally the Soviet Union. Moreover, it questions the definition of followers of Tong to bestow individualism by thinking differently than the Maoism movement hindering democracy an essential part to valuing everyone

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