Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. The army remained clearly subordinate to the Communist Party, with cadre advisors attached to military contingents.
b. After the civil war that brought the Communists to power, the country was rapidly demilitarized.
c. The People's Liberation Army, the source of the Communist rise to power, gained dominance over the Communist Party.
d. Most of China was administered by civilian bureaucrats recruited from the old Confucian scholar-gentry.
e. The Chinese Communists allowed the old landed-gentry class to continue to exist and manage the state's farms.
Answer: A