Question

which explains a difference between deng xiaoping and mao zedong in regards to economic policy? deng closed the country to outside influences, while mao supported learning new technology from other countries. deng believed in collectivization of farms, while mao repealed these ideas in favor of limited private ownership of land. deng closed schools and learning, while mao believed training a skilled workforce was key to economic prosperity. deng sought to modernize china by introducing capitalism in a limited way, while mao rejected all capitalist ideas.

Explanation:

• First option: Mao Zedong did not support learning new technology from other countries in a way that was open - door like Deng Xiaoping. Mao's era had a more closed - off approach in some aspects, but Deng is known for opening up.
• Second option: Mao supported collectivization of farms (e.g., the People's Communes), and it was Deng who moved towards limited private ownership in rural areas (e.g., the Household Contract Responsibility System).
• Third option: It was during the Cultural Revolution (associated more with a chaotic period in Mao's later years) that schools were disrupted, not a policy of Deng. And Mao also emphasized the importance of a workforce, but in a different ideological context.
• Fourth option: Deng Xiaoping introduced market - oriented reforms (a limited form of capitalism in a socialist framework) to modernize China. Mao Zedong, based on Marxist - Leninist ideology, rejected capitalist ideas in the pure sense, aiming for a more socialist - planned economy.

Answer:

Deng sought to modernize China by introducing capitalism in a limited way, while Mao rejected all capitalist ideas.