What impact did Mao have on the lives of the Chinese people since 1949 in the following areas: Economic, Social and Political.
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Question 1: What impact did Mao have on the lives of the Chinese people since 1949 in the following areas: Economic, Social and Political. On October 1st 1949, the Communists proclaimed the existence of a new kind of China: The People's Republic of China. The only remaining part of China that was under Communist control was the island of Taiwan. The chairman of the Communist Party (The CCP) was Mao. Two days before the People's Republic of China was announced, Communist Party leaders drew up a common programme that outlined the Party's aims and intentions such as independence, democracy, peace, unity and prosperity. However, all sorts of problems got in the way of reaching these targets. Previously, there had been three years of civil war, which had left China in turmoil. There were millions of peasants without any food but at the same time the population was rising by 15...


