it is made through the work of inspiring individuals. An example of this would be how the Soong Sisters affected both China and other countries with their intelligent and powerful attitudes toward the world. Although they were known as sisters, these three women worked independently for many of their most powerful years, and eventually separated because of their husbands. Soong Ching-Ling and Soong Mei-Ling were more influential and significant working alone than together because of their personalities
crucial event took place in the City of Xi’an, at the Shanxi province on December 12th, 1936, before the Second Sino-Japanese War between the China and the Japan. Many historians believe that, without the Xi’an incident, the Chinese Communist Party may have been defeated by the Kuomintang during the Chinese Civil War. Due to the Shanghai Massacre, the “Long March” and other exterminating events led and caused by the Chiang Kai-shek’s government, the influence of the Chinese Communist Party was diminished
between 1959 and 1966. I will describe the failure of the Great Leap Forward, Mao’s resignation as president, his power struggle with Liu Shoaqi and Deng Xiaoping and the propagating of his personality cult. Then I will identify how these events may have given Mao reasons for launching the Cultural Revolution, and whether his motives were of an ideological or selfish nature. After carrying out a Source Evaluation of the “16 Point Directive on the Cultural Revolution” and Jung Chang’s “Mao: The