Leadership transfer in the Asian revolution: Mao Zedong and the Asian Cominform |
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| Authors: | Zhihua Shen Yafeng Xia |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Cold War International History Studies,, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;2. History Department,, Long Island University, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | On the eve of the victory of the Chinese revolution, Mao Zedong became interested in creating an Asian Cominform. Although Stalin agreed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) should lead the Asian revolution and agreed in principle to the idea of an Asian Cominform, he was not in favour of immediate action. After hearing Moscow's opinion, the CCP started to train communist cadres from Asian countries. The CCP gained actual leadership of the Asian revolution after China's entry into the Korean War. Although the Asian Cominform was not formally established, China became the centre of the Asian revolution in the 1950s. |
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