Methods used to establish China as an authoritarian state (pre-1949)

Organisation Six principles of the Red Army Put back doors, return mattresses, be polite, give back everything you borrow Pay for all things broken, don’t help yourself Role of Mao Futian incident 4k red army troops were tortured and executed under Mao's’ orders His authoritarian methods against opposition = key trait in rise to the …

Historical conditions for China’s emergence as an authoritarian state

Historical conditions 100 years of humiliation Opium wars Sino-japanese war Boxer rebellion - foreign domination Warlord Period 1912-1916 Practice of decentralisation Lack of unity War and rivalry between warlords made conditions tough ⇒ high taxes, looted land, pillaged by armies Anarchy ⇒ outsiders could easily interfere, tibet/Xinjiang/mongolia take n from China Politically unstable Nanjing era …