Communist China: What's the real deal?

After reading both boxes on pages 766 and 769 I am some what confused just because the articles are so different. They have similar goals, but do it in different ways. In the first article, the poor peasants at first fear the old regime and refuse to speak out. But after being reminded of the past oppression, these men and women articulated their argument and re-approached the officials. They did so in a some what formal manner in contrary to the second article. The second article discusses the extremist side of Chinese communism. These hooligans took Chairman Mao's word far too literal when he explains to destroy, in order to establish. It's hard to fathom, young men around my age destroying houses like these men did. The scary part is that they felt that it was completely justified. These two articles show the reader two different sides of Chinese communists: the rational side v. the extreme side.