esherick also propose that the communist revolution in china shouldn't be looked at as a peasant revolution, or proletarian revolution, but a bourgeois revolution. the first thing that the communists did was land reform, which ensures that individual peasants own a share of land. this promoted private property. and they were highly supportive of market economy in the rural area. such action won them support from the peasants. it was later in the 50's when they started establishing communes and practised collectivism that they touched upon real communism, but such policies caused them to lose support from the peasants. it is a fresh angle certainly. i need to think about it...