China’s Leader

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raised an army of guerrilla fighters against Chiang Kai-Shek

Stressed China’s self-reliance

Cultural Revolution; China’s “Great Leap Forward”

- increased agricultural and industrial production

- Early stages showed promise, with active industrial production; however, some of the accounts were false and agricultural/industrial production fell through, leaving about 40 million people dying of hunger and famine between 1959 and 1961.

- met with United States President Richard Nixon to ease tensions(set his leadership in stone)