2007-08-02 15:31:57 · 11 answers · asked by iPodlord 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
When Mao took over, the treasury was looted and bankrupt, the military ragtime and fragmented, the country poor and devastated.
When China invaded N Korea is was in response to statements the USA made, mostly from Gen Douglas McArthur. When the USA was at the northern border of N Korea, he said that China would be next. Mao then sent in 3 million troops and drove us down the peninsula, we regrouped and pushed them up to the 38th parallel were the whole war started in the first place and then eventually a treaty was signed. 2 million Chinese troops lost their lives in that war.
As far as Mao slaughtering 30 million of his own people, that is not true, upwards of 60 million died as the result of collective farming failures because of Mao's policies. Those policies were reversed and the people got fed. Mao is officially regarded as 70% good and 30% bad. The bad being attributed to things like mass starvation and the Cultural Revolution and the good because he is the father of modern China and despite his obvious shortcomings, he is the reason China is where it is today and not being ruled by the rich elite while the peasant class toils to serve their needs.
Today, China is not very powerful militarily, but economically they are extremely powerful, so much so that in a few decades they will become the big guys on the block as the USA wonders what the hell happened to its American middle class dream as we still struggle to be the worlds police while propping up flimsy governments in the process.
Signed, an ex pat from the USA living in the heart of China.
Peace
Jim
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2007-08-06 13:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They weren't. They just had a hell of a lot of people. All of those people became communist because their alternative was a dictator that happened to be capitalist and repressive. Capitalism is a better system, but here they had to choose between the lesser of two evils, and Mao actually put up a fight against the Japanese after they invaded Manchuria and the costal areas before and during World War 2. Chiang Kai Sheck just took our supplies and sat on them. So, after WW2 ended and the Japs got kicked out (mostly because of US, not because of Mao) Mao took the credit and continued his civil war.
Ever hear of the "cultural revolution?"
What type of power do you imply they had?
2007-08-02 15:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They think it's communist because people are ignorant and don't understand what communism is and because china says it's communist. People think it's a dictatorship because it's undemocratic single party state with a terrible human rights record an no free speech.
2016-04-01 13:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe his "Little Red Book" had a quote about "through the end of a gun barrell."
Remember...bullets tend to make a stronger political impact than 30 second sound bites.
2007-08-02 15:38:45 · answer #4 · answered by Last Stand 2010 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Powerful? lol
The U.S. killed nearly one million Chinese communists (all in all )when they did a sneak attack on Americans during the Korean War. America lost around 55,000 soldiers because of China.
2007-08-02 15:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Absolutley no Dissent. The perfect leftist State.
2007-08-02 15:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Maybe it's the sneeky way they're trying to kill us off with their "Made in China" goods. Actually I have no idea.
2007-08-02 15:36:11 · answer #7 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And they continue to be powerful.
2007-08-02 15:37:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because those who weren't among the 30 or so million who died under his reign didn't want to be among those who did.
2007-08-02 15:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What makes you think they aren't still powerful ?
They own us don't they ?
2007-08-02 15:36:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋