JPA331Y1 Lecture : Lec 3 Sept 24 2013.doc
Document Summary
China went through tumultuous time since 1900s. For the party to reunite the country, they must bring sense of euphoria. Managed to reunite country by defeating kmt and forcing them to retreat. Communists restored sense of national pride, through peace restoration. However the country that party took over was largely agrarian and economically backward. Priority of the party after it assumed power was to revive war ravaged economy and eliminate any remaining opposition. Party faced problems while it tried to develop country: shortage of personnel,(mainly full of guerilla warriors (former peasants and farmers, therefore lack experience to run a country) bureaucrats needed to run the country. 1. used kmt officials to manage the country(out of necessity: massive recruitment of urban youth, therefore party membership doubled. shortage of financial resources & lack experience: party lacked experience in running a country. Therefore it was only natural for ccp to look at soviet union for assistance. But they never intended to borrow soviet experience.
