MaoZedong
PoliticalLeader
Alsospelled:MaoTse-Tung
Onceagiantfigureinworldpolitics,MaoZedonghasfadedabitindeath.MaoledtheRedArmywhichoverthrewChinesedictatorChiangKai-Shekin1949andfoundedthecommunistPeople'sRepublicofChina.Forover25yearsMaowasChina'smaximumleaderandafigureofadorationamongtheChinesepeople.MaowasaprolificCommunisttheorist;theLittleRedBookisafamouscollectionofhispoliticalsayings.Afterhisdeath,leaderslikeDengXiaopingsteeredthecountryawayfrompurecommunismandtheCultofMaobegantodisappear.
ChairmanMaoZedongruledChinafrom1949untilhisdeathin1976.HewasalsothekeyfounderofthePeople'sRepublicofChinain1949.LearnmoreaboutChairmanMao-evenreadfromhisRedBook-throughthiscollectionofamazingonlineresources.