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Mao Zedong: Biographical and Political Profile
The Early Years
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was both a product and a part of the revolutionary change in 20th-century China. He was born December 26, 1893, in the small village of Shaoshan in Hunan province. Although he described his father as a "rich peasant," the family clearly had to work hard for a living.
From an early age, Mao was a voracious reader. He particularly liked popular historical novels concerning rebellions and unconventional military heroes. At age thirteen, after five years of education in the local primary school, he was forced by his father to leave school and return to the farm. Mao continued to study on his own and at age sixteen left home to complete his elementary school training in the Hunanese capital of Changsha.
It was here that Mao began to experience the powerful revolutionary waves engulfing Chinese society. He read the works of nationalist reformers such as Kang Yuwei (Kang You-wei). He developed an admiration for the strong emperors in earlier periods of Chinese history and for certain We
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Mao Zedong
Leader of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976
For the TV series, see Mao Zedong (TV series).
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Mao Zedong | |
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Mao in 1950 | |
| In office 20 March 1943 – 9 September 1976 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Wentian (as General Secretary) |
| Succeeded by | Hua Guofeng |
| In office 27 September 1954 – 27 April 1959 | |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Deputy | Zhu De |
| Succeeded by | Liu Shaoqi |
| In office 8 September 1954 – 9 September 1976 | |
| Deputy | |
| Succeeded by | Hua Guofeng |
| In office 1 October 1949 – 27 September 1954 | |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Preceded by | Office established Li Zongren (as President of the Republic of China) |
| In office 9 October 1949 – 25 December 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Enlai |
| Born | (1893-12-26)26 December 1893 Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 9 September 1976(1976-09-09) (aged 82) Beijing, China |
| Resting place | Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Beijing |
Political
Mao: The Unknown Story2005 biography of Mao Zedong Mao: The Unknown Story is a 2005 biography of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong (1893–1976) that was written by the husband-and-wife team of the writer Jung Chang and the historian Jon Halliday, who detail Mao's early life, his introduction to the Chinese Communist Party, and his political career. The book summarizes Mao's transition from a rebel against the autocratic Kuomintang government to the totalitarian dictator over the People's Republic of China. Chang and Halliday heavily cover Mao's role in the planning and the execution of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. They open the book saying "Mao Tse-tung, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world's population, was responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime, more than any other twentieth-century leader. In conducting their research for the book over the course of a decade, the authors interviewed hundreds of people who were close to Mao at some point in his life, used recently-published memoirs Copyright ©momitem.pages.dev 2025 | |