Question

Why was the Nationalist Party more popular in China’s cities than in the countryside?

Answer 1

.Because the Communist Chinese actually fought the Japanese.

As laid out in classic Confucian thought, the primary responsibility of a government is to protect the kingdom from the foreign barbarian. The Communists did this, the Nationalists did not.

2. Economic reform in the areas they controlled. The corruption of the powerful had been out of control for years in China. Like all revolutionaries, the Communists din the early years made an effort to end injustices. Peasants were treated as virtual slaves, and servants were basically slaves.

3. A surprising amount of support based on sexual equality. China's power system had always ignored women. The communists did not, and git a lot of support for it. A side bonus is that polygamy is not that popular with the men who aren't rich either. Russia may have had a network of secret police, but China had a network of grandmother's loyal to the government.












During the Japanese Invasion of China - prior to and during World War II (depending on how one dates the beginning of World War II in Asia), the followers of Mao and the official government of China paused the Civil War and fought (not quite - but officially) in 'concert' against the invaders.

The Japanese forces focused their energy on the taking of urban areas (many sources speak about the Japanese atrocities in Nanking [Nanjing]). The Chinese Army (official) tried to fend the Japanese off in urban areas and the Mao and followers moved into rural regions.

Mao and followers fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese and were seen a protectors of the rural people. But these groups also helped the rural people with their everyday activities and brought a level of education to rural areas which had not beforehand been the experience of the population. Part of the 'education curriculum' did include 'tactics of guerrilla warfare'. Mao managed to gain recruits to his cause through these efforts.

When World War II ended the followers of Mao had more experience in guerrilla warfare and propaganda among the rural people on their side. While propagandists may claim the Red Army was more popular and it was a "Peoples' Revolution", It was actually might which drove Nationalist Chinese forces and government off of the mainland.
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Cotterell, Arthur - Asia: A Concise History. Singapore: John Wiley and Sons: 2011
Grenville, J. A. S. - A History of the World in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Belknap: 1994
Roberts, J. M. - Modern History: From the European Age to the New Global Era. London: Duncan Baird: 2007
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