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Ge shidai shehui jingji jiegou biaojie ("Explanatory Chart of Economic Structures in Each Stage of Society's Development"). First edition of this large political visualization, significant for its publication date, only a few weeks before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It reflects an increased demand for material explaining the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party, caused by the party's victory in the civil war and the complete collapse of the Kuomintang on the mainland.The table presents some of the core ideas of Marxism, tracking economic and cultural evolution from primitive through to capitalist and then socialist societies. The columns address such criteria as modes and means of production, vanguard revolutionary forces, and class relations. Although the table accommodates a transitional period from capitalism and socialism, this differs from the "new democracy" approach favoured by Mao in the PRC's early years.

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