ommunist Party was formed inShanghai. One of the leaders, Sun Yat-sen, admitted Communists to Kuomintangmembership. Suns basic beliefs were the Three Principles of Nationalism, Democracy, andSocialism, were charged with the spirit of anti-imperialism and national unification.30The old Chinese government was one with massive military opposition. Communismemerged in order to destroy imperialism in China and to reintroduce national unity.31Chinese officials and government believed that the revolutionary changes in Russia andthe beliefs of Marx and Lenin would benefit and occur in China.32 The main function ofthis new government was to change society. Communist ended the old ways and movedthe country into a socialist society.33 With the achievement of Communism in China, thepurpose of women in Chinese culture, drastically changed. Women began to have thesame type of education as the men did and later went on to universities and schools. Inthe schools, the women learned and studies science, foreign language, literature,mathematics, and history.34 This education paved the way to careers in medicine,business, banking, and even education.35 More and more of them wanted education tobe apart of their lives. Women were now expected to take education and make somethingout of themselves. Bound feet, concubinage, polygamy, and sale of children or slaverywere banned. Although Communism has many downsides and problems, it still changedthe women into becoming more involved in all aspects of China; its culture, government,society, and business.36As time went on and as Communism began to spread rapidly, new rules wereaccepted for divorce. The law granted that divorce was possible if both the man andwoman agreed. But, corresponding to the conventional rites of filial piety, if the man wasunder thirty years of age and the woman was under twenty-one years of age, permissionfor a divorce was to be granted by both families. The brides family and the husbandsm...
