The correct answer is B)The Soviet style of communism focused on urban workers, while the Chinese style focused on rural peasants.
The statement that describes a major difference between the communist ideologies practiced in the Soviet Union and China before the death of Mao Zedong was "The Soviet style of communism focused on urban workers, while the Chinese style focused on rural peasants.
Communism in the Soviet Union had been imposed since the victory of the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. Dictator Joseph Stalin strengthened the ruling over the USSR and started to spread Communism throughout different countries not only in Eastern Europ but in North Korea, North Vietnam, and Cuba.
Mao Zedong led the Communist army to defeat the Nationalistic army in the Chinese Civil War and established the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1940, a Communist government focused on rural peasants.