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Rediff.com News Mao did it all wrong: Communist Party of China
'Mao's ways resulted in chaos in entire society'Last updated on: June 30, 2011 13:38 IST
He might be the founding father of the People's Republic of China, but the economicpolicies Mao Zedong followed have few takers today in the Communist Party of Chinawhich believes 'he did it all wrong'.
In fact, as it celebrates its 90th anniversary, the party says Mao's ways resulted in'chaos in entire society' and it was a policy crafted out of the lessons learnt from hisfailures that have put China on a path to economic glory.
The CPC now attributes its success in stirring economic development in China in thepast three and half decades to economic reforms propounded by Mao's successor DengXiaoping, and its ability to learn from past failures.
"Mao did it all wrong because he tried to develop the economy in a revolutionary way,"Xie Chuntao (Xie), vice director of the party history department at the Party School ofthe CPC Central Committee told state-run Global Times.
Xie said "Mao told his colleagues in Yan'an (his home province) that the Party must letthe masses to supervise the government. He then began his way of implementingdemocracy, which resulted in chaos throughout the entire society".
The CPC, which had its ups and downs in its 62-year uninterrupted rule of China, willturn 90 on July 1 and the party is currently carrying out a massive campaign to revitaliseitself by recreating its past spirit.Xie said the liberalised atmosphere brought in by Deng has made CPC take decisionswith objective reality.
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"As Deng once said, the system is the most decisive factor. The bad have nowhere tohide in a working system and the good may turn bad when in a rotten system.
"Democracy, without surrendering to the whims of individuals, has to be implementedsystematically within the frame of the law," he said.
"Nowadays, policies and regulations also have to be made in accordance with objectivereality," Xie said.CPC's new policy of 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' brought in by Deng, wassuccessful because it contained important lessons of Mao's era.
"Mao believed that he learned lessons from life, which he formulated into the MaoZedong Thought," he said, adding that according to Deng's writings, the reform andopening-up policy simply wouldn't have existed without the lessons of the CulturalRevolution (1966-76).
The Cultural Revolution aimed at purging the society of 'revisionists and reactionaries'resulted in the killing of millions of people across China.
"Deng was politically purged twice before finally reaching the top spot in the party, so heenjoyed the better understanding of mistakes than everyone else. Failures were
followed by successes. To some extent, this was how Deng's theory was formed," hesaid.
Deng, a vice premier under Mao was virtually exiled as a 'fitter' at a tractor toolmanufacturing unit in Nanchang along with his family where he spent several years inisolation before he was brought back years before Mao's death in 1976 after which hetook control of the party.
Xie also took a dig at the western political system which advocates democracy.
"Those officials who betray the values of the party do have a huge impact. The party
sets high standards for its members. That's why western parties have less pressurethan the CPC, because they don't set themselves such high standards," he said.
"It is right that the party should be devoted to seeing public happiness, and that its
members should be educated. However, it is also a fact that the standards are too high
to be completely achieved," he said.
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