Michael Wood explores the origins and rise of the Chinese Communist Party, and the significance of Mao Zedong in the process. The Communists resisted the Nationalists by escaping to Yan'an on the ...

PRESENTER:'There were 12 people present. 'Among them a Hunan peasant's son, Mao ZeDong.' PRESENTER:They were attracted by its anti-feudal anti-imperialist message, and also by its claim to be ...