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A. Compare and Analyze the political, social and economic affects of Mao’s regime from 1950-1957. With this investigation I seek to compare and evaluate the political, economic and social effects of Mao’s regime. The majority of this investigation will outline some of Mao’s great reforms such as the Agrarian reform, the Three and Five Antis Movements and the First Five Year Plan. The objectives of each plan will be discussed with emphasis on the political, economic and social effects. I will assess the results of each of the political, economic and social effects to see which had the greatest effect on the people of China. The main sources that will be used in reference are Mao TseTung and China, Mao’s China and After, and China’s Economy and the Maoist Strategy. B. In 1951, Mao launched a campaign called the Three Antis Movement. The goal of this movement was “to oppose corruption, waste and bureacratism” (Fitzgerald 80). Mao was trying to eliminate all his political opponents and other “counterrevolutionaries” so that he would have only those intellectuals he wanted. The movement attacked capitalists, merchants, financiers and members of the CCP. L.P. Fitzgerald and Maurice Meisner both point out th