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Mao Zedong - Wikipedia
He is recognized for his role in ending imperialism and consolidating the state in China. Under his rule, China became the fifth state to possess nuclear weapons. Mao was influential in the international communist movement, inspiring various Maoist organisations.
Mao Zedong | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Who was Mao Zedong? Mao Zedong was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary, and, from 1949 to 1959, the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China. Mao was one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the 20th century, in China and abroad.
Mao Zedong: Life, Ideology & Legacy of China’s Chairman | China Analysis
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was the founding leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century.
Mao Zedong - Death, Cold War & Significance | HISTORY
Mao Zedong led communist forces in China through a long revolution beginning in 1927 and ruled the nation’s communist government from its establishment in 1949. Along with Vladimir Lenin and...
BBC - History - Mao Zedong
Read a biography about the life of Mao Zedong the Chinese communist leader responsible for the disastrous policies including the 'Great Leap Forward' and the 'Cultural Revolution'.
Mao Zedong - New World Encyclopedia
Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist outlook in early life. He converted to Marxism-Leninism and became a founding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), of which he became the head during the Long March.
How China Transformed Under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping
Explore how Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution reshaped China, and how Deng Xiaoping’s reforms set the stage for the nation’s modern rise.
Mao Tse-tung: Biography, Chinese Marxist, Cultural Revolution
Mao Tse-tung (also spelled Zedong) was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who led his nation's Cultural Revolution.
Mao Zedong
He is recognized for his role in ending imperialism and consolidating the state in China. Under his rule, China became the fifth state to possess nuclear weapons. Mao was influential in the international communist movement, inspiring various Maoist organisations.
Mao Zedong: Revolutionary Leader and Founder of Modern China
Mao Zedong was the dominant political figure of twentieth-century China — the revolutionary who overthrew a government that had ruled for decades, the…
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