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Mao Zedong

information on type of authoritarian government

 Circumstances that brought them/him to power

 Techniques used by the authoritarian government to gain and maintain power

And

 Is the authoritarian government still in power?

 If so, what are current conditions like within the country?

 If not, what led to the destruction of their dictatorship?

 How has the nation fared since then

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1) Mao ran an authoritarian government that quashed dissidence and caused years of terror, suffering, and famine for its people

2) During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the CCP, Mao helped to found the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, led the Jiangxi Soviet's radical land reform policies, and ultimately became head of the CCP during the Long March. These are the circumstances that brought Mao to the power.

3) Some ways that an authoritarian can gain and maintain power.

- Control of the media by the authoritarian members.

- Interference with opposition campaigning.

- Electoral fraud.

- Violence against opposition.

4) No the authoritarian government is not in power anymore.

If not, what led to the destruction of their dictatorship?

answer - Mao is one of history's worst despots, having murdered millions of Chinese during his communist reign. This is the reason what cause his end of his dictatorship.

5) Mao launched a radical campaign to outproduce Great Britain, mother of the Industrial Revolution, while simultaneously achieving Communism before the Soviet Union. This is when their nation was fared.

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