Importance of Yenan Communist Settlement

stayed at yenan for 13 years
1. indoctrinated followers with marxist-leninist ideas
2. wanted CCP to be party of the ppl
3. taught followers to live life of peasants
4. army to fight in defence of the ppl
5. focused followers on leading and supporting peasantry
GROWTH in SUPPORT
1. Support grew
2. visitors came out of curiosity, inc. some Western visitors
3. some came to be part of revolution that was proclaiming
4. lost a lot of numbers in the Long March
  1. 100,000 in 1937
  2. grew to 1.2 mil in 1945
WIDER COVERAGE
1. Journalists came to write reports on what was happening at Yenan
2. meant that atrocities of the KMT could be told to a wider audience
3. the book "Red Star Over China" brought Mao's work to the interest of an international audience
4. generated interest from abroad

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	Created by Hamza Redzuan over 7 years ago