Looking at what Mao and Zhu De did to install a new Communist order after conquering Changting. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Mao Zedong, “On New Democracy” Some names from this episode: Guo Fengming, bandit turned Guomindang local despot in Changting Feng Yuxiang, warlord close to both the USA and the Soviet Union Wang Jingwei, leader of the Guomindang left Dai Jitao, Guomindang ideologue Yan Xishan, warlord accused by Mao of being a running dog for the Japanese imperialists Support the show