The Socialist Education Movement

This chapter examines Mao Zedong's launch of the Social Education Movement (SEM) in China as a way to prevent revisionism. Under Mao's direction, the CCP stepped up its campaign to oppose revisionism abroad through the activities of Wu Xiuquan on his East European odyssey. Mao no longer saw the Soviet Union as the future China. The launch of the SEM would be the setting for Mao's decisive break with Liu Shaoqi.

This chapter examines Mao Zedong's launch of the Social Education Movement (SEM) in China as a way to prevent revisionism. Under Mao's direction, the CCP stepped up its campaign to oppose revisionism abroad through the activities of Wu Xiuquan on his East European odyssey. Mao no longer saw the Soviet Union as the future China. The launch of the SEM would be the setting for Mao's decisive break with Liu Shaoqi.