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Mao Tse Tung: Darwin and Marx's
Ambassador to China
While Stalin was running his totalitarian regime, another Commu-
nist regime which saw Darwinism as its scientific support was founded in
China. The Communists under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung came to
power in 1949 after a long civil war. Mao set up an oppressive and bloody
regime, just like his ally Stalin, who gave him great support. China beca-
me the scene of numberless political executions. In the years ahead, Mao's
young militants, known as "Red Guards," would drag the country into an
atmosphere of utter terror.
Mao openly announced the philosophical foundation of the system
he established by saying, "Chinese socialism is founded upon Darwin
and the theory of evolution." 94
Being a Marxist and an atheist and a firm believer in evolutionism
himself, Mao mandated that the reading material used in this early day
"Great Leap Forward" in literacy would be the writings of Charles Darwin
and other materials supportive of the evolution paradigm. 95
When the Chinese Communists came to power in 1950 they took the
theory of evolution as the basis
of their ideology. Actually,
Chinese intellectuals had ac-
cepted the theory of evoluti-
on long before:
th
During the 19 century, the
West regarded China as a
sleeping giant, isolated and
mired in ancient traditions.

Mao Tse Tung