Father of Chinese Communism: Chairman Mao Zedong {Part 1: How it all Started}

My posts on the renowned Chairman Mao Zedong will be in parts as we go through the highs and lows of his life. This is the first part and subsequent parts will be released for your consumption and digestion. I therefore urge you to lean back and enjoy this lovely piece.

The Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong will be in the leagues of dictators such as Hitler of Germany and Stalin of Russia. Before 1911, the Imperial Order in China ( with over 2000 years of dynastic rule) was firmly in charge of the affairs of the nation. The country had fallen into a deep recession at that moment and the Imperial Order was operating a totalitarian system of government. This left the Chinese citizens with no other option but to revolt against their leaders.
These revolts lead to the creation of two parties with quite opposing views. There was “The Nationalists Party” who were more pro-western and seeking a capitalist republic and there was the other group known as “The Communists Party” inspired by the revolution that took place in neighboring Russia. Both parties claimed to represent the interest of about 600 million Chinese peasants as at this time, but then the difference in ideologies meant a civil war was inevitable. The war lasted for over twenty years costing lives and properties.
In the Hunan Province of Imperial China was a young farmer’s son named Mao Zedong who had grow up to only know the brutality of the imperial rule and the injustices carried out on the Chinese peasants for revolting. Over the years the young chap grows into an angry rebel in search of a definite cause. During these years, he studies translations of European philosophies and at the age of 24, he comes across Marx’s Literature where he immediately got answers to issues that had bothered him about the imperial rule. His communist days had only began.
In 1921, he found himself as a student at Beijing University and becomes a fully-fledged Left-wing activist. He is now convinced that Communism is the only way forward towards achieving a successful revolution. The Chinese Communist Party had some very powerful members at that time and was backed by communist Russia. Mao decides to join The Communist party in 1922 with full intentions of joining the winning party.
However, in 1924 The Nationalist Party dealt The Communist Party a low jab in the groins and snatched power to establish themselves as China’s official government. At this moment, Mao realized that he possessed the vital key needed by The Communist Party to fight back against their rivals. This would lead to some clashes with his powerful Russian friends who simply wanted to dominate and have some control over the Chinese political system. Contrary to the Russian views, Mao was convinced that the revolution in China had to be carried out in a different strategy compared to that of Russia. The revolution in Russia had started from the urban regions but Mao insisted that the Chinese revolution had to start from the peasants in the rural areas. This inevitably became the cornerstone of his philosophy for the next 40 years.