Below please find the question for part B of the final exam. Because there will be only one question, rather than the choice of at least two that we had earlier indicated, we are giving you the question in advance.

B. Short Answer: Answer the following. Draw on the lectures and the readings in the construction of your answer. In particular, be sure to include a discussion of the relevant readings in your answer. Make sure that you write a well organized and argued response. (Twenty-five minutes)

Compare and contrast Mao Zedong’s and Troung Nhu Tang’s concepts of Communism. What are the major similarities? What are the major differences? Which argument is the most convincing and/or best supported (in your opinion)?