12 feb 1950 año - Agrarian Reform Law

Descripción:

Mao did not want to make the mistakes that the Soviet Union had made in the 1930s when there was widespread famine due to collectivisation.

Mao passed the Agrarian Reform Law:

- Porperty of landlords taken away and given to peasants
- Property of enemies of the state, like Chiang Kai-Shek was confiscated.

However, the law was left to the peasants to carry out, and the peasants took this opportunity to settle old disputes, resulting in widespread violence. Around 1 million landlords were executed.

As a consequence of the Agarian Reform Law, the Chinese old elite was destroyed, cleverly winning Communism over to the peasants.

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