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  1. Mao Zedong - Wikipedia

    Mao served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) from 1943 until his death, and as the party's de factoleader from 1935. His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of …

  2. Mao Zedong | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 19, 2025 · 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 …

  3. Mao Zedong - New World Encyclopedia

    Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung, and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary and a founding …

  4. Mao Zedong: Life, Ideology & Legacy of China’s Chairman | China …

    Mao Zedong (1893–1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was the founding father of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As a Chinese Communist Party leader, political strategist, and …

  5. Mao Zedong - Death, Cold War & Significance | HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · 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.

  6. 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'.

  7. Mao Zedong

    In 1949, Mao's forces defeated the Nationalist government, which withdrew to Taiwan. On 1 October 1949, Mao proclaimed the foundation of the PRC, a one-party state controlled by the CCP.

  8. Maoism - Wikipedia

    Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, [a][b] is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the …

  9. Chairman Mao Zedong Used Death and Destruction to Create a New …

    Jun 7, 2024 · Mao Zedong used controversial methods to transform China into a superpower. His rule was marked by disastrous policies like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, resulting …

  10. Mao Zedong - CCP Leader, Revolution, China | Britannica

    6 days ago · Mao Zedong’s 22 years in the wilderness can be divided into four phases. The first of those is the initial three years when Mao and Zhu De, the commander in chief of the army, successfully …