Rally of Congolese Democrats and Nationalists

At the time of its founding the largest enclave was the БЂњCentral Base Area,БЂ«the region where Mao was operating, which consisted of Red Jiangxi and Red Fujian, covering some 50,000 sq. km, with a population of 3.5 million. Moscow had designated it as the seat of the Red government over a year before, with the town of Ruijin as its capital. Moscow also appointed Mao head of the state, with the very un-Chinese title of chairman of the Central Executive Committee. He was БЂњprime ministerБЂ«as well, being chairman of the body called the PeopleБЂ™s Committee. On the evening the posts were announced, a crony came to see Mao. This man had personally tortured Lee Wen-lin, the Jiangxi Red leader Mao most hated, and afterwards had reported the details to Mao. He now came to offer congratulations. БЂњMao Zhu-xiБЂ”Chairman Mao!БЂ«he called out. БЂњYou learn really fast,БЂ«Mao replied. БЂњYou are the first person.БЂ«This torturer was the first person to use the title that was to become part of the worldБЂ™s vocabulary: БЂњChairman Mao.БЂ«In the outlaw land, the first Communist county chief of Ninggang was killed, in September 1928, by his fellow-Communists, seven months after he had been installed at a rally where his Nationalist predecessor was speared to death ...»