THE TALE OF TWO SINGLE PARTY STATES

WHY DO SOME STATES FAIL?

• China prevailed, while the USSR failed
• Same political structures
• Diffrent goals
• Adapting is the key

CHINA AFTER MAO

• Mao was a symbol of the revolution and its ideals
• Uncontested power
• Failed to modernize China's economy and production
• In response, new leaders arose within the Party
• New leaders, new ideas

MAO'S CRUCIAL FAILURE

• Great Leap Forward
• Mao's Public Policy introduced in 1958
• It failed abruptly causing famines and social unrest in 1959
• China's government resolved a pragmatic solutions

A CLASH OF POWERS

• Deng and Liu planned to outweigh Mao's position
• However Mao was a powerful image for China's society
• He was particularly popular among youth and young generations
• Cult of Personality weighed in favorably for Mao
• Ideals vs pragmatic solutions