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In what ways does the Soviet vision of a communist society seem to differ from the Chinese vision under Mao?

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In what way does the Soviet vision of a communist society seem to differ from the Chinese vision under Mao?

In that, the vision of the Soviet Union started from the vision of Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin fighting the Russian Tzar after all those years of poverty and injustice. Mao Zedong's ideas were influenced by the Soviet Union but the conditions were different. Mao had to fight in the Chinese Civil War to defeat the Nationalist Army and then, establish Communism creating the Chinese Communist Party.

Soviet leaders viewed themselves as guides for urban workers. On the other hand, Chinese communist leaders worked directly to serve rural peasants.

After the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put an end to the excessive repression instilled by Stalin. However, that was not the case with Mao that continued to be repressive during his tenure as the leader of China.

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