Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From this, the Alsops conclude that Chairman Mao considers himself "the equal, and in an ideological sense the superior of Joseph Stalin," that China will not suffer herself to be treated as a satellite, and that "Mao is in effect saying to Stalin: 'Europe is yours. But Asia is mine. Keep...
Vice President for Asia? No one outside the Communist world can ever be certain how its devious balances of power stand. But such facts, signs & portents as are available on China flatly contradict the Alsop thesis...
...indeed developed his own style of Red revolution-a special model for Asia. The gist: In underdeveloped countries without much industry, Communism cannot work through the industrial proletariat as it did in Russia and the West, but must win power through arming and organizing the peasants. From 1927-30, Mao fought for this concept against the orthodox type of Marxism represented by his rival Li Lisan. With specific approval of Stalin, Mao won the fight...
...There is evidence that Stalin is more than satisfied to give Mao a reasonably free hand as Vice President-in-charge-of-Asia within the great Communist corporation-as long as he can be sure that Mao will not try to go into business for himself. Stalin knows very well that for a long time Mao will be in no position to do that-and Mao knows it too. As the Korean war has shown, Communist China desperately needs economic and military help from Soviet Russia...
...sufis met the un believer as near as they could to his own doctrinal ground. No doubt Islam suffered some theological dilution in this process, but its tribes increased wonderfully. Followers of sufism converted the animist Berbers of North Africa, and later the Turks, who broke out of Asia conquering the Arabs and great Constantinople as well. Sufism, carried largely by Moslem merchants, converted Sumatra, Java, Malaya, all without any military help from the centers of Islam...