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When Mao and the Communist party came into power, there were many problems to solve
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2002-10-09 Laura Schutte 11LFS China Coursework When Mao and the Communist party came into power, there were many problems to solve. The country was poverty stricken because landowners made the peasants pay high rents on property and land. Both people and the cities were unclean and unhealthy, because of "bad habits" and the lack of education. China was stuck in a rut and needed modernising. China needed to industrialise, so they would catch up with the Western world. Also, if they were to build heavy industry, it would solve the problem of unemployment and homelessness. The people of China were unequal both in class and gender. Over half of China's population were peasants, and all earned poor wages compared to landowners and businessmen. Usually, only men would be educated and also if a girl was born into a family, they would kill it and try to have a boy as they knew a...
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