Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Maoist policy of confiscating the land of wealthy landowners and distributing it to poor peasants. The policy was first introduced in Jiangxi Soviet in 1930-1934 and extended nationwide in 1950-1952. . . . Jiangxi (Kiangsi) Soviet Republic (1930-1934): The Red Army regional base in South China led by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De." [Fall and Rise of China Guidebook, p. 191, 190]