Why did support from people in the Chinese countryside help the Communists more than support from people in the cities helped the Nationalists?

China had a much larger rural population than urban population. Support from people in the countryside therefore gave the Communists access to far more recruits and local support than city support could provide for the Nationalists. The correct choice is “Many more people lived in the countryside, so they made the Communists the stronger side.”

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