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A. Look carefully at Edgar Snow's account of his visit to the communist base in Yenan. What reasons does he give to explain why peasants supported the CCP? B. How reliable do you think Edgar Snow's account of life in the Yenan Soviet is? Explain your answer. C. Why do you think the CCP was keen to give a positive impression to foreign visitors of life in the Yenan Soviet?

A. Look carefully at Edgar Snow's account of his visit to the communist base in Yenan. What reasons does he give to explain why peasants supported the CCP? B. How reliable do you think Edgar Snow's account of life in the Yenan Soviet is? Explain your answer. C. Why do you think the CCP was keen to give a positive impression to foreign visitors of life in the Yenan Soviet?

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A. Look carefully at Edgar Snow's account of his visit to the communist base in Yenan. What reasons does he give to explain why peasants supported the CCP?

B. How reliable do you think Edgar Snow's account of life in the Yenan Soviet is? Explain your answer.

C. Why do you think the CCP was keen to give a positive impression to foreign visitors of life in the Yenan Soviet?

 

ACTIVITY 4.13 of mawe a Look carefully at Edgar Snow's account of his visit to the communist base in Yenan. What reasons does he give to explain why peasants supported the CCP? b How reliable do you think Edgar Snow's account of life in the Yenan Soviet is? Explain your answer. c Why do you think the CCP was keen to give a positive impression to foreign visitors of life in the Yenan Soviet? d It could be argued that the primary purpose of the Rectification Movement was to secure Mao's leadership of the CCP. Look back over Mao's earlier political career, identifying other examples of his determination to maintain and enhance his own power by methods which were often violent. Make two lists in your notes, outlining - i the reasons Mao gave for establishing the Rectification Movement ii other possible motives Mao may have had for establishing the Movement e I must admit that most of the peasants to whom I talked seemed to support the communists and the Red Army ... To understand the peasant support for the communist movement, it is necessary to keep in mind its economic basis the burden borne by the peasantry under the KMT regime. Now, wherever the Reds went, there was no doubt that they radically changed the situation for the tenant farmer and all the 'have-not' elements. All forms of taxation were abolished in the new districts for the first year, to give the farmers a breathing space ... Secondly, they gave land to the land-hungry peasants ... Thirdly, they took land and livestock from the wealthy classes and redistributed them among the poor ... Landlords and peasants were each allowed as much land as they could farm with their own labour. illay Deviceser Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China (1938 edition), pp. 237, 238. nimist hoog to 21nuoms tasv beyou29b bas 229lemor 2'930 91 o the vas appeared that Chian
Transcribed Image Text:ACTIVITY 4.13 of mawe a Look carefully at Edgar Snow's account of his visit to the communist base in Yenan. What reasons does he give to explain why peasants supported the CCP? b How reliable do you think Edgar Snow's account of life in the Yenan Soviet is? Explain your answer. c Why do you think the CCP was keen to give a positive impression to foreign visitors of life in the Yenan Soviet? d It could be argued that the primary purpose of the Rectification Movement was to secure Mao's leadership of the CCP. Look back over Mao's earlier political career, identifying other examples of his determination to maintain and enhance his own power by methods which were often violent. Make two lists in your notes, outlining - i the reasons Mao gave for establishing the Rectification Movement ii other possible motives Mao may have had for establishing the Movement e I must admit that most of the peasants to whom I talked seemed to support the communists and the Red Army ... To understand the peasant support for the communist movement, it is necessary to keep in mind its economic basis the burden borne by the peasantry under the KMT regime. Now, wherever the Reds went, there was no doubt that they radically changed the situation for the tenant farmer and all the 'have-not' elements. All forms of taxation were abolished in the new districts for the first year, to give the farmers a breathing space ... Secondly, they gave land to the land-hungry peasants ... Thirdly, they took land and livestock from the wealthy classes and redistributed them among the poor ... Landlords and peasants were each allowed as much land as they could farm with their own labour. illay Deviceser Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China (1938 edition), pp. 237, 238. nimist hoog to 21nuoms tasv beyou29b bas 229lemor 2'930 91 o the vas appeared that Chian
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