Editing Deng Xiaoping (section)

=== At the Jiangxi Soviet ===
The campaigns against the Communists in the cities represented a setback for the party and in particular to the Comintern Soviet advisers, who saw the mobilization of the urban proletariat as the force for the advancement of communism. Contrary to the urban vision of the revolution, based on the Soviet experience, the Communist leader Mao Zedong saw the rural peasants as the revolutionary force in China. In a mountainous area of Jiangxi province, where Mao went to establish a communist system, there developed the embryo of a future state of China under communism, which adopted the official name of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (CSR) and which included the [[Jiangxi Soviet]].

In August 1931, Deng went to [[Ruijin]], which became the capital of the CSR,<ref name=":11" />{{Rp|page=94}} and became secretary of its Party Committee in the summer of 1931. In the winter of 1932, Deng went on to play the same position in the nearby district of [[Huichang County|Huichang]]. In 1933 he became director of the propaganda department of the Provincial Party Committee in Jiangxi.

As a supporter of Mao, Deng was criticized by elements of the Party which opposed Mao and was removed from his position in 1933.<ref name=":11" />{{Rp|page=94}} During Deng's 1933 political setbacks, his wife Jin Weiying deserted him for one of his political opponents.<ref name=":11" />{{Rp|page=38}}

The CSR reached its peak in 1933.<ref name=":06">{{Cite book |last=Opper |first=Marc |url=http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23824 |title=People's Wars in China, Malaya, and Vietnam |date=2020 |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] |isbn=978-0-472-90125-8 |location=Ann Arbor |pages= |doi=10.3998/mpub.11413902 |hdl=20.500.12657/23824 |jstor=10.3998/mpub.11413902 |s2cid=211359950}}</ref>{{Rp|page=1}} The CSR had a central government as well as local and regional governments.<ref name=":06" />{{Rp|page=1}} It operated institutions including an education system and court system.<ref name=":06" />{{Rp|page=1}} The CSR also issued currency.<ref name=":06" />{{Rp|page=1}} It governed a population which exceeded 3.4 million in an area of approximately 70,000 square kilometers (although the isolated soviets were never connected into one contiguous piece of territory).<ref name=":06" />{{Rp|page=1}} The CSR was defeated by Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists, leading to the Long March.