Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, writer, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in September 1976, primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, are known as Maoism.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Shaoshan
- Educated at
- Xiangxiang First Senior High SchoolThe First High School of Changsha, Hunan
- Awards
- 🏆 People's Liberation Army Strategist
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"As regards the sequence in the movement of man's knowledge, there is always a gradual growth from the knowledge of individual and particular things to the knowledge of things in general. Only after ma…"
"It is only firmly maintaining the national united front that the difficulties can be overcome, the enemy defeated, and a new China built. This is beyond all doubt. At the same time, every party and gr…"
"Guard against revisionism, particularly the emergence of revisionism at the party Centre."
"At the same time, however, being a bourgeois class in a colonial and semi-colonial country and so being extremely flabby economically and politically, the Chinese national bourgeoisie also has another…"
"Can a Communist, who is an internationalist, at the same time be a patriot? We hold that he not only can be but must be."
"Our concern should extend to non-Party cadres as well as to Party cadres. There are many capable people outside the Party whom we must not ignore. The duty of every Communist is to rid himself of aloo…"
Works & Publications
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Timeline
1893
Born
Birth1976
Died
Death
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