General Differences between Chinese and Russian Communism

General Differences between Chinese and Russian Communism
Leninism and Maoism proved to be a unique brand of communism, with Maoism deviating more from
classical Marxism. In both Russia and China, the revolution was led by ‘professionals,’ yet in Russia it was the
urban workers rather than the peasantry that lent decisive support to the revolution. In China, four classes as well as
non-communist parties were allowed to coexist in a limited fashion, yet in Russia only one class and party was
permitted. In addition, the nature of the Chinese and Russian revolutions differed to a large extent. The Chinese
revolution involved the seizure of power from rural bases over a long period of time, whereas the Russian revolution
consisted of uprisings in urban areas over a very short period of time. Mao denied the universal applicability of the
Soviet model and asserted the Chinese model as a prototype for the rest of Asia during the Bandung Conference of
1955, which signaled the irreversible separation of the Russian and Chinese revolutions.