Desperately need help on chinese revolution compares to russian revolution?

Question:im trying to compare the two revolutions and the main events that occured. One of the ones im comparing is the WWI to the chinese communist party but im having trouble thinking of similarities and differences...can you help me get started?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: im trying to compare the two revolutions and the main events that occured. One of the ones im comparing is the WWI to the chinese communist party but im having trouble thinking of similarities and differences...can you help me get started?

WWI was absolutely devastating to Russia and was a direct cause of the revolution. China was untouched by WWI as it was neither a combatant nor a target, but nevertheless the Manchu dynasty collapsed (in 1911 I believe) and the Chinese army fragmented into feudal domains. This was the era of the warlords, who were powerful enough to do whatever they wanted in their own territory. However, they still respected the Confucian tradition.
The Russian revolution was highly concerned with making everyone in Russia literate so everyone could read the works of Marx, Lenin and Stalin for themselves. They were very successful at increasing the rate of literacy. Neither the Koumintang nor the Communist Party cared much about literacy for the masses (and the CP still doesn't in China). Also, the CP in China was virulently hostile to Confucianism, whereas the Russians treasured their literary past. The Russians were scientific as well as technological,; the CP in China was almost exclusively concerned with technology (and still is).

both ended in opresive communist governments

thats one blaringly obviouse point =]

One major difference is that the Russian Revolution was mainly of the urban working class, the proletariat, while the Chinese Revolution was primarily of the rural peasantry. Another difference was the Chinese communists had a geographic area within China as a power base for ten years or more before they seized power while the Russian Revolution was more spontaneous and opportunistic, despite the Bolsheviks having been organised as an underground political force well before the revolution began.